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

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

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

Chronology comment

ca. 220 BCE

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)

Obverse Photograph

Reverse Photograph