Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KC059 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of the Boeotian League)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -220
Not before (date): -220
Comment: Coin dated ca. 220 BCE.
Comment: JLR significantly revised Weir 2022 (October 2024).
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification: Coin
Comparanda: BCDBoiotia 102, p. 29
Comparanda: BMCCentralGreece Boeotia: Uncertain Mints 81-89, p. 41, pl. vi:8
Preservation comment: Wear: aG/P. Slight, sparse flaking and frequent, extensive pitting to gouging.
Published as: Weir2022, pp. 119, 1120, no. 779, pl. 23.1
Axis (1-12): 6
Numismatic Authority: Boeotian League
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 17.0
Numismatic Weight (g): 5.41
Obverse Description: Grain-wreathed head of Demeter or Kore facing one-third right (traces)
Reverse Description: Nude Poseidon standing left with flexed right leg resting on rock and leaning with upraised left arm on trident
Reverse Inscription: ↑ [ΒΟΙΩ]ΤΩΝ
Belongs to Historical Period: Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Ceres/Demeter (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Persephone/Kore/Proserpina (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts): Poseidon/Neptune (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “KC059 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of the Boeotian League).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kc059>