24431 - Gortyn (drachma Europa/bull) over Cyrene (Hermes/silphium) (Munich, MK, 21-4906)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 270 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Gortyn_drachm_over_Cyrene_Munich.jpg
Overstruck variety
Cyrene_Hermes.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Munich, MK, 21-4906 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Female head right, wearing triple pendant earring. Border of dots. | 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. 300 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: 5.545.54 g <br />5,540 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Carbone 2018, p. 11, n° 7, Tatman 2023, p. 4, n° 1, pl. 1, n° 1 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 91, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. XX, n° 16, Carbone 2018b3Carbone 2018b, p. 11, n° 7, Tatman 20234Tatman 2023, p. 4, n° 1, pl. 1, n° 1 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Hermes Parammon to right, horn of Ammon around his ear. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Silphium plant with three pairs of leaves and five umbels, to left, tripod, to right |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Cyrene | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Cyrenaica | Modern countryModern country: Libya | 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. 308 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 277 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 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: | drahcma |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | BMC Cyrenaica5BMC Cyrenaica, n° 352 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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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.
- ^ Carbone, Federico (2018), "Overstriking at Gortyna insights and new perspectives", in Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Cretan Studies, Heraklion, p. 1-13.
- ^ Tatman, John L. (2023), "Cretan Overstrikes: Gortyna, Phalasarna, and Polyrrhenia Drachms Overstruck on Kyrenaika Coins," American Journal of Numismatics, AJN, Sec. Series 35, p. 1–31, pl. 1-4.
- ^ Robinson, E. S. G. (1927), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol. XXIX : Cyrenaica, London, The Trustees, p. 154, pl. 47.
