3211 - Boeotia (uncertain mint) (Boeotian League) (AE Demeter/Poseidon) over Antigonus Gonatas (Heracles/rider) (Triton IX, Jan. 2006, 103)
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|Image overstruck variety=Ref Gonatas Hercule horseman (no mono).png | |Image overstruck variety=Ref Gonatas Hercule horseman (no mono).png | ||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10310948f/f1.double | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10310948f/f1.double | ||
| − | |Sale=Triton | + | |Sale=Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, 103. |
|Obverse description=Head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) facing slightly right, wearing wreath of grain ears. | |Obverse description=Head of Demeter or Kore (Persephone) facing slightly right, wearing wreath of grain ears. | ||
|Reverse legend=BOIΩΤΩN | |Reverse legend=BOIΩΤΩN | ||
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|Overstruck reverse description=horseman, nude, crowning his horse | |Overstruck reverse description=horseman, nude, crowning his horse | ||
|Overstruck mint=Macedonia (uncertain mint) | |Overstruck mint=Macedonia (uncertain mint) | ||
| − | |Overstruck authority=Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC) | + | |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon |
| + | |Overstruck authority=Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC); Macedonian kingdom | ||
|Overstruck date from=274 BCE | |Overstruck date from=274 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to=239 BCE | |Overstruck date to=239 BCE | ||
Revision as of 13:09, 26 April 2024
225 BCE - 215 BCE | BOIΩΤΩN
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Triton IX, 10 Jan. 2006, 103. | |
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  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.154.15 g <br />4,150 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 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.: | Herakles head | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | horseman, nude, crowning his horse |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Macedonia (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Antigonus II Gonatas (Antigonid king, 277/6-239 BC), Macedonian kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 274 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 239 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG Copenhagen 32SNG Copenhagen 3, n°1214-1221, Panagopoulou 20206Panagopoulou 2020, n°9.8.1 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on Æ of Antigonos Gonatas of the type SNG Cop. 1214-1221. The profile of Herakles is clear on the obverse under the facing head while on the reverse the rear part of the horse is visible." | ||
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.
- a b 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.
- ^ Panagopoulou, Katerina (2020), The Early Antigonids. Coinage, Money, and the Economy, New York, ANS, xlv, 390 p., 63 pl.
