22014 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cnossus (Minotaur/labyrinth) (Paris, BnF, Luynes.2349)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 22014


330 BCE - 270 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Gortyna_Paris, _BnF, _Luynes_(Cnossus).jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Cnossus (under Gortyn).jpg [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Luynes 2349
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Duc de Luynes

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 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: 11.6011.6 g <br />11,600 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: BMC Crete, p. 38, n° 8 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BMC Crete1BMC Crete, p. 38, n° 8, Svoronos 18902Svoronos 1890, n° 59 and pl. XIV, 6, Le Rider 19663Le Rider 1966
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: The Minotaur in a kneeling-running stance l., head facing ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: The Labyrinth, in the form of a swastika, at centre, five pellets in a floral pattern and in the corners, four sunken squares
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Cnossus Ancient regionAncient region.  Crete Modern countryModern country: Crete 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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 360 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 : Svoronos 18902Svoronos 1890, n° 23, Le Rider 19663Le Rider 1966, pl. XXIV, 26, Carrier 20174Carrier 2017, n° 1-59.
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. ^  Wroth, Warwick William (1886), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. X : Crete and the Aegean Islands, London, The Trustees, p. 152, pl. XXIX
  2. a b  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.
  3. a b  Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.
  4. ^  Carrier, Caroline (2017), Cnossos de l'époque classique à l'époque impériale (Ve s. avant J.-C.-Ier s. après J.-C.). Etude de numismatique et d'histoire, Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Paris-Sorbonne University.