2114 - Phaestus (hemidrachm Heracles/bull) over uncertain type (MacDonald coll., 115)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2114


319 BCE - 300 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Phaestus_2114_MacDonald_117.jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety
Phaestus_2114_MacDonald_117_drawing.jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : MacDonald collection, n° 115

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Youthful male head (of Heravles?) to right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Facing head of bull
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Phaestus Ancient regionAncient region. Crete Modern countryModern country: Crete 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. 319 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 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: 2.462.46 g <br />2,460 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, n° 15 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Le Rider 19661Le Rider 1966, p. 89-90, no. 30-32, pl. XXII, no. 1-7, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, n° 15, Carbone 20223Carbone 2022, n° 33-40, 50-53, 61-65.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
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:
RemarksRemarks: nb: overstruck type identified as possibly from Cydonia "Turtle (visible on obverse: shell and one flipper)". Not enough evidence.

References

  1. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.
  2. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  3. ^  Carbone, Federico (2022), Festos I. La moneta. produzione, seriazione e cronologia, Monografie della Scuola Archaeologica di Atene e delle missioni italiane in Oriente, Athens, 241 p.