22274 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cnossus (Minotaur/labyrinth) (Berlin, MK, 18218429)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 22274


330 BCE - 270 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Gortyn_over_Cnossus_Berlin,_MK,_18218429.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Cnossus (under Gortyn).jpg [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Berlin, MK, 18218429 – 1906 Löbbecke
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Ex Arthur Löbbecke 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 standing left, 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: 11.8911.89 g <br />11,890 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Le Rider 1966, p. 57, n° 12a, pl. XI, n° 25 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 59 and pl. XIV, 6, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 57, n° 12a, pl. XI, n° 25
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: The Minotaur in a kneeling-running stance l., head facing ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: The Labyrinth, in the form of a swastika, at centre, five pellets in a floral pattern and in the corners, four sunken squares
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Cnossus Ancient regionAncient region.  Crete Modern countryModern country: Crete 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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 360 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. : stater Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Aeginetic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 23, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. XXIV, 26, Carrier 20173Carrier 2017, n° 1-59.
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: "Auf einem Stater von Knossos (vgl. die Rückseite von Objektnummer 18218292) überprägt"

References

  1. a b  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. a b  Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.
  3. ^  Carrier, Caroline (2017), Cnossos de l'époque classique à l'époque impériale (Ve s. avant J.-C.-Ier s. après J.-C.). Etude de numismatique et d'histoire, Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Paris-Sorbonne University.