2299 - Phaestus (stater Heracles/bull) over Thebes (shield/amphora) (Bertolami, 37, Sept. 2017, 141)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2299

330 - 270ΦΑΙΣΤΙΟΝ

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Bertolami Fine Arts 37 (17-20/09/2017), no. 141

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΦΑΙΣΤΙΟΝ Herakles back view, wearing Nemean lion skin, seizing with his left hand one of the heads of the Lernean Hydra, and with his right hand preparing to strike with club.

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. 330 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.3311.33 g <br />11,330 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 9 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: reduced Aeginetan

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

J. N. Svoronos1J. N. Svoronos, Numismatique de la Crète ancienne, accompagnée de l'histoire, la géographie et la mythologie de l'île, Bonn, 1972 (1st ed. 1890), no. 53., G. Le Rider2G. Le Rider, Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, 1966, pl. XXIII, 15.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Shield (visible on reverse)

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Thebes

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Boeotia

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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

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