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

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 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) ᵖ:	Leu, 8, 23 Oct. 2021, lot 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) ᵖ:	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 periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	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	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:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gortyn carbone 2016 59-103-113-117

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Sea turtle, with head in profile

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Thick skew pattern within incuse square

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Aegina

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Attica

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

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 periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

stater

StandardStandard. ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.bmc.pl.xxiv.12

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: