1171 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Leu, Oct. 2021, 71)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1171


330 BCE - 270 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Gortyna on Aegina - Leu, 8, 23 Oct. 2021, lot 71.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Aegina 5 parts.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Leu, 8, 23 Oct. 2021, n°71 (privately acquired from Bank Leu on 18 August 1965 with a photocopy of the original invoice enclosed) = Kricheldorf, XIII, 23 Sept. 1963, 93
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl Archaeological contextArchaeological context: from the 1953 Phaestus region Hoard (IGCH 152)

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Europa seated half-right in plane tree, leaning her right hand on branch and propping her head on her left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull standing right, turning its head back to left to lick its flanks
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Gortyn Ancient regionAncient region. Crete Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.5311.53 g <br />11,530 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Le Rider 1966, 21c and pl. XIV, 4 (this coin) Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 59 and pl. XIV, 6, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, 21c and pl. XIV, 4 (this coin), Carbone 20163Carbone 2016, n° 124-126
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Sea turtle. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Union Jack (visible on reverse)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Aegina Ancient regionAncient region.  Attica Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 456 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 351 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Aeginetic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1890), Numismatique de Crète ancienne, accompagnée de l'histoire, la géographie et la mythologie de l'île. Première partie, description des monnaies, 2 vol., Macon, Impr. Protat frères.
  2. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.
  3. ^ Carbone 2016