22154 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over uncertain type (Triton, XXIV, Jan 2021, 535)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 22154


331 BCE - 270 BCE

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Overstriking coin
Gortyn_over_uncertain_Triton,_XXIV,_19_Jan_2021,_lot_535.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Hermitage Museum Collection Sale(s)Sale(s) : Schlessinger, 13, 4 Feb. 1935, 351 = Münzen und Medaillen, FPL 272, Jan. 1967, 18 = Leu, 79, 31 Oct. 2000, 596 = Triton, XXIV, 19 Jan 2021, lot 535

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Europa, nude to the waist, seated facing in tree, raising her veil with right hand, left arm holding eagle with spread wings in her lap. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull right, head reverted. Border of dots.
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. 331 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 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: 11.7111.71 g <br />11,710 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.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 26.526.5 mm <br />2.65 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, 57, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 66, n° 23, pl. XIV, 4
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: "Overstruck on an uncertain issue of Cyrenaica" (nb: uncertain)

References

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