21940 - Cydonia (AR Dionysus/incuse square) over uncertain type (Paris, BnF, AA.GR.9816)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 21940


190 BCE - 150 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Cydonia_BNF,_AA.GR.9816.jpg [1], [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, AA.GR.9816

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Dionysus left, wearing vine wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Quadripartite incuse square
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Cydonia 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. 190 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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: 2.652.65 g <br />2,650 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Le Rider 19661Le Rider 1966, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, n° 113
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:

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.