Co 932 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic bronze coin of the Boeotian League) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Coin
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification
Coin
Cited by
Walker1980, p. 219 (rev. KenchreaiIII)
Comparanda
AgoraXXVI 592, p. 204, pl. 25 (J. Kroll)
Comparanda
BMCCentralGreece Boeotia 57-62, p. 38, pl. V:17
Contributor Notes
2017 (May 29): R. Weir studied and described, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2023: JLR enhanced description.
Preservation description
Wear: G/VG. Moderately nicked and chipped edge; extensive, slight to moderate pitting with rare gouging and flaking around edge. Extensive film of white to pale blue bronze disease on both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 17, no. 84 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Late Hellenistic and Hellenistic … (Thebes?)”
Axis (1-12)
3
Numismatic Authority
Boeotian League
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
11.0
Numismatic Mint
Thebes
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.2
Obverse Description
Boeotian shield
Reverse Description
Ornamented trident head; to right, dolphin swimming upward
Reverse Inscription
To left, [ΒΟΙ]ΩΤΩ[Ν]
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Classical (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Dolphin (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph