2138 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 261, March 2019, 284)
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331 BCE - 270 BCE
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Overstriking coin
Gortyn_over_Itanos_Gorny_&_Mosch, _261, _4-5_March_2019, _lot_284.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Spink and Son LTD, 80, 1972, 2837 = Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, List 45, 1985, 64 = SKA, 4, 1985, 109 = Gorny & Mosch, 261, 4-5 March 2019, 284 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Coll. Georges Le Rider |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Europa, nude to the waist, seated three quarters left in tree, resting head on right hand | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bull left, 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. 331 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: 11.5411.54 g <br />11,540 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
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| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, pl. XIII, n° 8, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966 | |
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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. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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. 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 ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | nb: undertype wrongly attributed to Itanos (Svoronos 1890, pl. 19, n° 1-2) | ||
