22317 - Phaestus (stater Heracles/bull) over uncertain type (Paris, BnF, R 2336)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 22317


320 BCE - 300 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Phaestus_Paris,_BnF,_R2336.jpg [1], [0]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, R 2336

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Herakles facing, head right, holding club, Nemean lion scalp and bow. In left field, coiled snake. In right field, tree ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull walking left within laurel wreath
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. 320 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 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: 11.7611.76 g <br />11,760 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: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos1Svoronos, 13, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. IV, 5, Carbone 20223Carbone 2022, n° 11-28, 32, 44-49, 54-56 and 66-95
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:

References

  1. ^ Svoronos 
  2. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.
  3. ^  Carbone, Federico (2022), Festos I. La moneta. produzione, seriazione e cronologia, Monografie della Scuola Archaeologica di Atene e delle missioni italiane in Oriente, Athens, 241 p.