22195 - Gortyn (drachma Europa/bull) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, IX, March 2015, 265)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 22195


300 BCE - 200 BCE | ΓΟΡΤΙΝΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Gortyn_drachm_Roma_Numismatics,_IX,_March_2015,_265.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Roma Numismatics, IX, 22 March 2015, 265 =.Roma Numismatics, XX, 29 Oct. 2020, 116 = Roma Numismatics, XXVIII, 5 July 2023, 217
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Ex Long Valley River Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Persephone to right, hair bound with barley wreath, wearing triple pendant earring and necklace ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΓΟΡΤΙΝΙΩΝ (Greek) Cretan bull standing to 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. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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: 5.895.89 g <br />5,890 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, 90, pl. 15, 10 (same dies), Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 83, 90. pl. 20, 16 (same dies)
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: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: nb: no mention of overstrike

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.