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

: KC059 (Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of the Boeotian League) [permalink]
Type: Inventoried Object
Is Part Of: Coin Finds
Not after (date): -220
Not before (date): -220
Logical part of: Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Comparanda: BCDBoiotia 102, p. 29
Comparanda: BMCCentralGreece Boeotia: Uncertain Mints 81-89, p. 41, pl. vi:8
Comparanda: CorinthXIII, p. 315, no. X-35 (south of grave 15, North Cemetery)
Conservation: 2008 (July): Bronze corrosion was cleaned mechanically with microairabrasive unit. After cleaning, immersed in solution of Incralac 5% diluted in Toluene for surface protection (Nikol Anastasatou).
Contributor Notes: 2024 (October): JLR significantly revised Weir2022.
Preservation description: Wear: aG/P. Slight, sparse flaking and frequent, extensive pitting to gouging.
Published as: Weir2022, pp. 119, 1120, no. 779, pl. 23.1
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
Chronology comment: ca. 220 BCE
Explanation of deposition: Funerary offering with this middle-aged man.
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)
In Excavated Unit: Locus T07-031
Location in unit: On northwest central floor inside cist of Loculus 7-I, beside right forearm of T7-I-A.
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph