22263 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over uncertain type (London, BM, RPK,p20A.3.Gor)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 22263


330 BCE - 270 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Gortyn_over_uncertain_London,_BM,_RPK,p20A.3.Gor_-_1824.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: London, BM, RPK,p20A.3.Gor - 1824, Richard Payne Knight
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Richard Payne Knight coll.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Europa, nude to the waist, seated three quarters right in tree, resting head on left hand ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull 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. 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: 11.2711.27 g <br />11,270 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: BMC Crete, p. 38, n° 7 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BMC Crete1BMC Crete, p. 38, n° 7, Svoronos 18902Svoronos 1890, n° 59 and pl. XIV, 6, Le Rider 19663Le Rider 1966
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: incuse square visible on the rev.

References

  1. ^  Wroth, Warwick William (1886), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. X : Crete and the Aegean Islands, London, The Trustees, p. 152, pl. XXIX
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.