2174 - Phaestus (stater Heracles/bull) over uncertain type (Nomos, 14, May 2017, 125)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2174


320 BCE - 300 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Phaestus_Nomos, _14, _17_May_2017, _125.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Nomos, 14, 17 May 2017, 125; Bank Leu, Zürich
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the Stoecklin Collection, bought from Bank Leu in Zürich Archaeological contextArchaeological context: Phaistos hoard (IGCH 152)

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Herakles facing, head right, holding club, Nemean lion scalp and bow. In left field, coiled snake. In right field, tree. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull walking left within laurel wreath.
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. 320 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: 11.5111.51 g <br />11,510 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 22.522.5 mm <br />2.25 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos1Svoronos, 13, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. IV, 5, Carbone 20223Carbone 2022, n° 11-28, 32, 44-49, 54-56 and 66-95
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: nb: no mention of overstrike

References

  1. ^ Svoronos 
  2. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.
  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.