22221 - Phalasarna (hemidrachm Artemis/trident) over Argos (wolf/A) (Paris, BnF, FG 490)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 22221

330 BCE - 270 BCE | Φ - Α

Images

Overstriking coin

Phalasarna_BnF_(over_Argos).jpg [1], [2]

Overstruck variety

Argos (under Phalasarna).jpg [2]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Fonds général 490

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Artemis Diktynna right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Φ - Α (Greek) Ornate trident head. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Phalasarna

Ancient regionAncient region.

Crete

Modern countryModern country: Crete

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: 2.572.57 g <br />2,570 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 5, pl. XXV, 7, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. XXIX, n° 21
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://www.greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phalasarna svoronos 1890 1-10

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Forepart of wolf

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

A with A at top within shallow incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Argos

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus

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. 320 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 280 BCE

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:

hemidrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	HGC 53HGC 5, n° 668
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://www.greekcoinage.org/iris/id/argos.bmc peloponnesos.54-5.71-83

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

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.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2011), Handbook of Greek Coins 5. Coins of the Peloponnesos, Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster (PA), 2011.