2127 - Eleutherna (stater Apollo/Apollo) over uncertain type (Paris, BnF, R 1253)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2127

330 BCE - 270 BCE | ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΝΑΙΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, R 1253

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΝΑΙΟΝ (Greek) Apollo standing right, holding patera and bow.

Mint and issuing power

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

Eleutherna

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. 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: 10.8810.88 g <br />10,880 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Le Rider 1960, p. 9, n° 5, pl. 1 (https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41814034g)	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, p. 132, Le Rider 19602Le Rider 1960, p. 9, n° 5, pl. 1, Le Rider 19663Le Rider 1966, p. 33, n° 247 and pl. VIII, n° 22
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/eleutherna svoronos 1890 2-6 11-20 32-33

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. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. 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 ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Maybe a coin from Cyrenaica with the head of Ammon

References

^ 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.
^ Le Rider, Georges (1960), "Monnaies grecques acquises par le Cabinet des Médailles en 1959", Revue Numismatique 6 (3), p. 7-35, pl. 1-3.
^ Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.