2479 - Phaestus (stater Heracles/bull) over uncertain type (Lanz, 48, 22 May 1989, 269)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2479

320 BCE - 300 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Phaestus_CGF, _MBS_51, _17_Nov._2011, _156.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Lanz, 48, 22 May 1989, 269 = CGF, MBS 51, 17 Nov. 2011, 156
	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Phaistos hoard (IGCH 152)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Herakles facing, head right, holding club and bow. In left field, the Neman lion scalp.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bull walking left within laurel wreath.

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

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: 11.5111.51 g <br />11,510 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 22.522.5 mm <br />2.25 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, 21, pl. XXIII, 17, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. III, 18, Carbone 20223Carbone 2022, n° 11-28, 32, 44-49, 54-56 and 66-95
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://www.greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phaestus carbone 2016 11-28 32 44-49 54-56 66-95

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: no mention of overstrike

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 (2022), Festos I. La moneta. produzione, seriazione e cronologia, Monografie della Scuola Archaeologica di Atene e delle missioni italiane in Oriente, Athens, 241 p.