22246 - Polyrhenium (hemidrachm Dictynna/bull) over Argos (wolf/A) (Paris, BnF, FG 500)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 22246


330 BCE - 270 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Polyrhenium_Paris,_BnF_FG_500.jpg [1], [0]
Overstruck variety
Argos (under Phalasarna).jpg [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Fonds général 500

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Artemis Diktynna left, wearing triple pendant earring, pearl necklace and with her hair bound up and tied into a sakkos ornamented with stars at the back. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull's head facing, with fillets hanging from its horns
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Polyrhenium 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 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: 2.482.48 g <br />2,480 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, p. 278, n° 15, pl. XXVI, n° 4, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 116-117, n° 7, pl. XXVIII, n° 38 and pl. XXIX, n° 1-9 (same dies)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Forepart of wolf left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: A in incuse square with two deeper incuses in upper part.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Argos Ancient regionAncient region.  Peloponnesus Modern countryModern country: Greece 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. 375 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 320 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : hemidrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Aeginetic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : HGC 53HGC 5, n° 668
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

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.
  3. ^  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.