330 BCE - 270 BCE | ΡΑΥΚΙΟΝ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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| Museum collectionMuseum collection:
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, R 2334
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Poseidon facing, naked, head right, holding trident in right hand, holding rein of horse standing right in left hand. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΡΑΥΚΙΟΝ (Greek) Trident head.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Rhaucus
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Crete
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.4811.48 g <br />11,480 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
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StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Facing scalp of a lion
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Forepart of a bull to right, wearing ornamental collar
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Samos
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Caria (Islands)
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 408 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 366 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and concentrated
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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strong
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| RemarksRemarks:
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nb: problem of weight (but coins with a facing lion's scalp issued by Lycian dynasts are too light)
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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.
- ^ Barron, John Penrose (1966), The Silver Coins of Samos, London, xii, 244 p., 32 pl.
