Co 2065 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of the Boeotian League) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Not after (date)
-275
Not before (date)
-338
Comment
Coin dated 338-early 3rd century BC
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 592, p. 204, pl. 25 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
BMCCentralGreece Boeotia 57-58, p. 38, pl. V:17
Preservation comment
Wear: G. Extensive, slight to moderate pitting especially reverse; separation of coin and moderate cracking. Patches of white to pale green bronze corrosion on both faces.
Axis (1-12)
3
Numismatic Authority
Boeotian League
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
13.0
Numismatic Mint
Thebes
Numismatic Weight (g)
2.61
Obverse Description
Boeotian shield
Reverse Description
Ornamented trident; to lower right, ivy leaf (traces)
Reverse Inscription
To left, ΒΟΙΩ[Τ]Ω[Ν]
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Classical (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph