22301 - Phaestus (stater Talos/bull) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Paris, BnF, FG 477)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 22301

300 BCE - 250 BCET-AΛ-ΩN | ΦAIΣΤIΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Phaestus_over_Corinth_Paris,_BnF,_FG_477.jpg [1], [2]

Overstruck variety

Aegina 5 parts.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Fonds général 477

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

T-AΛ-ΩN (Greek) alos, nude, standing facing with spread wings, raising his right hand to hurl a stone and holding another in his lowered left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦAIΣΤIΩN (Greek) Bull butting to right

Mint and issuing power

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

Phaestus

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. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 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: 11.5111.51 g <br />11,510 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, pl. XXIV, 24, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. XXIV, 4 (same dies)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://www.greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phaestus carbone 2016 96-105

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Turtle

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Aegina

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Attica

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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

stater

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aegina.bmc.pl.xxiv.12

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
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.