2246 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Sicyon (Chimaera/dove) (Leu, 83, May 2002, 272)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 270 BCE
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu, 83, 6 May 2002, 272 | |
| Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | IGCH 152 (Phaistos 1953), no. 98 |
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. Border of dots. |
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  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: 11.9011.9 g <br />11,900 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Le Rider 1966, p. 25, n° 98 and p. 69, n° 29, pl. XV, n° 17 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, pl. XIII, n° 10, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 25, n° 98 and p. 69, n° 29, pl. XV, n° 17 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΕ (Greek) Chimaera (visible on reverse: head of the goat, backpart of lion) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Dove within wreath (visible on obverse: wreath) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Sicyon | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Peloponnesus | 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. 360 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.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | BMC Peloponnesus3BMC Peloponnesus, n°46-61, LHS 96 20064LHS 96 2006, n° 219, HGC 55HGC 5, n° 201 | ||
| 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: | "Overstruck on a stater of Sikyon (the wreath around the dove is visible on the obverse)" | ||
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.
- ^ Gardner, Percy, Stuart Poole, Reginald (1899), British Museum. Catalogue of the Greek coins : Peloponnesus (excluding Corinth), London, lxiv, 230 p., 37 pl.
- ^ LHS Numismatics, 96 (Coins of Peloponnesos. The BCD Collection), 8-9 May 2006 (1775 lots)
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2011), Handbook of Greek Coins 5. Coins of the Peloponnesos, Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster (PA), 2011.
