22134 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Lyttus (eagle/boar) (Gemini, V, Jan. 2009, 582)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 22134

330 BCE - 270 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Gortyn_over_Lyttus_Gemini_V_(6_January_2009),_lot_582.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Lyttos (under Gortyna).jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Sotheby's, Lockett coll. Greek Part III, 27 May 1959, 2031 (purchased privately from Baldwins for £12) = Gemini, V, 6 Jan. 2009, 582 = Bowers & Ponterio, 174, 12 Jan. 2013, 5536 = Classical Numismatic Group, 123, 23 May 2023, 101
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Ex Richard Cyril Lockett Collection and Robert O. Ebert Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Europa, nude to the waist, seated three quarters right in tree, holding branches

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 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: 11.5811.58 g <br />11,580 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 />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 57, pl. XIII, n° 8, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. XXV, n° 13
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gortyn carbone 2016 59-103-113-117

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Eagle flying to left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΥΤΤΙΟΝ (Greek) Head of boar in a dotted incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Lyttus

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Crete

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE

Classical 480-323 BC , Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

stater

StandardStandard. ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, 35, pl. XXI, 25
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/lyttus svoronos 1890 1-50 55-64

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a stater of Lyttos (cf. Le Rider, Crétoises, pl. XXV, 13 for type"