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