300 BCE - 200 BCE | ΓΟΡΤΙΝΙΩΝ
Overstriking coin
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Roma Numismatics, IX, 22 March 2015, 265 =.Roma Numismatics, XX, 29 Oct. 2020, 116 = Roma Numismatics, XXVIII, 5 July 2023, 217
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Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Ex Long Valley River Collection
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Persephone to right, hair bound with barley wreath, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΓΟΡΤΙΝΙΩΝ (Greek) Cretan bull standing to right, head reverted
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Gortyn
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Crete
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.895.89 g <br />5,890 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
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 (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.