3332 - Boeotia (uncertain mint) (Boeotian League) (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over Antigonus Gonatas (Heracles/rider) (CNG, EA 148, Sept. 2006, 138)
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|Reverse legend language=Greek | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Reverse description=Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, holding trident. | |Reverse description=Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, holding trident. | ||
− | |Mint= | + | |Mint=Boeotia (uncertain mint) |
|Ancient region=Boeotia | |Ancient region=Boeotia | ||
|Authority=Boeotian league | |Authority=Boeotian league | ||
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|Weight=4.08 | |Weight=4.08 | ||
|Diameter=16 | |Diameter=16 | ||
− | |Coin series reference=BMC Central Greece, n°81-89; SNG Copenhagen 3, n°81 (pl. VI, 8); BCD | + | |Coin series reference=BMC Central Greece, n°81-89; SNG Copenhagen 3, n°81 (pl. VI, 8); Vlachogianni 2000; BCD Boeotia, n°108; HGC 4, n°1182 |
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/boeotian_league.bmc.81-9 | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/boeotian_league.bmc.81-9 | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedonia | |Overstruck ancient region=Macedonia |
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225 BCE - 215 BCE | BOIΩΤΩN
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Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 148, 20 Sept. 2006, 138. | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | David Herman coll. |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) facing slightly right, wearing wreath of grain ears. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BOIΩΤΩN (Greek) Poseidon standing left, right foot on rock, holding trident. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Boeotia (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Boeotia | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: | Boeotian league |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.084.08 g <br />4,080 mg <br /> | ||
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Central Greece1BMC Central Greece, n°81-89, SNG Copenhagen 32SNG Copenhagen 3, n°81 (pl. VI, 8), Vlachogianni 20003Vlachogianni 2000, BCD Boeotia4BCD Boeotia, n°108, HGC 45HGC 4, n°1182 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedonia | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 277 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 239 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on an Antigonos Gonatas Æ" |
References
- ^ Head, Barclay Vincent, Poole, Reginald Stuart (1884), British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins : Central Greece (Locris, Phocis, Boetia and Euboea), London, lxix, 158 p., 24 pl.
- ^ SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.
- ^ Vlachogianni, Elena (2000), "A hoard of coins from Thebes: the problem of the Boitian overstrikes", Nomismatika chronika 19, p. 78-113.
- ^ Demetriadi, Basil (2006), Triton IX (The BCD Collection of the Coinage of Boiotia), 10 Jan. 2006, Lancaster
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.