2027 - Gortyn (stater Europas/bull) over Cyrene (Künker, 136, March 2008, 70)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2027

330 BCE - 270 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1504_-_Gortyna_(didrachm).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Cyrene Nikios.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Kurpfälzische Münzhandlung, 50, Mannheim, 1996, 109 = Künker, 136, 10 March 2008, 70
	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	IGCH 152 (Phaistos 1953), n° 88

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Europa, nude to the waist, seated three quarters right in tree, resting head on left hand

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bull right, head reverted.

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: 11.7811.78 g <br />11,780 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 58, pl. XIV, 5., Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. XIV, 22
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.:

Κ-Υ /Ρ-Α/Ν-Α/Ι-ΟΝ (Greek) Silphium plant with three pairs of leaves and seven umbels

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΝΙΚΙΟΣ (Greek) Bearded head of Zeus Ammon to right, a ram's horn around his ear

Mint and issuing power

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

Cyrene

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Cyrenaica

Modern countryModern country: Libya

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. 435 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 375 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:

tetradrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cyrene.bmc.pl.viii-xi.pl.xii.1-6.pl.xvi.3.pl.xlv.6

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Das Stück wurde auf eine Tetradrachme von Kyrene, Typ SNG Cop. 1187 überprägt. Auf dem Avers ist die Silphiumstaude noch gut zu erkennen"