2282 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Gortyn (Europa/lion) (CNG, EA 172, Sept. 2007, 41)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2282


330 BCE - 270 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Gortyn_over_Gortyn_CNG, _EA_172, _5_Sept._2007, _41.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Gortyn_(under_Gortyn).jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, 41 = New York Sale, 20, 7 Jan. 2009, 176 = Künker, 174, 2010, 310 = Naumann, 125, 5 Feb. 2023
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From The John A. Seeger Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Europa, nude to the waist, seated facing in tree, her hands raised, holding onto branches ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull right, 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: 12.1612.16 g <br />12,160 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: Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, p. 166, n° 64, pl. XIV, n° 11, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 26, n° 118, pl. V, n° 11 (these dies).
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Europa riding bull to right, below, dolphin swimming to right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Lion’s scalp facing within hatched linear frame, all within dotted incuse square.
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 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.. 425 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° 3 and pl. XII, n° 22, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 54, 1 and pl. XI, 8 (this coin).
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 the earlier Gortyna type with Europa on bull / Lion’s head in dotted square (Svoronos 9)."

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.