22320 - Phaestus (stater Heracles/bull) over uncertain type (Paris, BnF, Z 2706)
From SILVER
320 BCE - 300 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Phaestus_Paris, _BnF, _Z_2706.jpg [1], [2]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Z 2706 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Herakles standing facing, holding club and bow, preparing to strike serpent to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bull walking left |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Phaestus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Crete | Modern countryModern country: Crete | 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. 320 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
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: 11.6011.6 g <br />11,600 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, 13, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. IV, 5, Carbone 20223Carbone 2022, n° 11-28, 32, 44-49, 54-56 and 66-95 | |
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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: | |
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