2075 - Gortyn (drachma Europa/bull) over uncertain type (Heritage, NYINC Signature Sale 3061, Jan. 2018, 29135)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2075

300 BCE - 270 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Heritage, NYINC Signature Sale 3061, 7 Jan. 2018, 29135 = Heritage, Signature Sale 3064, 20 Apr. 2018, 32076 = Heritage, Long Beach Signature Sale, 3067, 6 Sept. 2018, 33091

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Europa, wearing triple pendant earring. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bull standing right, bending head around and scratching it with rear leg

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.725.72 g <br />5,720 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 91, Le Rider2Le Rider, 1966, pl. XX, 16.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gortyn carbone 2016 108-112

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:	"some traces of uncertain undertype remain"