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|Ancient region=Crete | |Ancient region=Crete | ||
|Date from=330 BCE | |||
|Date to=270 BCE | |||
|Period=Classical and Hellenistic | |||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
|Weight=10.61 | |Weight=10.61 | ||
Revision as of 10:00, 17 July 2023
330 BCE - 270 BCE | ΧΕΡΣΟ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, R 1316 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Female head (Britomartis?) left. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΧΕΡΣΟ (Greek) Herakles walking left, naked, holding Nemean scalp and club. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Chersonesus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Crete | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE | Classical and Hellenistic 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: 10.6110.61 g <br />10,610 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Le Rider 1960, p. 8, n° 2, pl. 1 (https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb418137465) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Babelon 19011Babelon 1901, pl. CXIV. n° 16, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. XXVII n° 25 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | visible: lion walking left and star | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | visible: Baaltars seated |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Myriandrus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Cilicia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Mazaeus (satrap of Cicilia, Transeuphratene and Babylonia, c. 350-328 BC) |
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: | Newell 19193Newell 1919, p. 1-42 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Babelon, Ernest (1901), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines. Tome Premier. Première partie, théorie et doctrine, Paris, E. Leroux
- ^ Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.
- ^ Newell, Edward T. (1919), "Myriandros - Alexandria Kat'Isson", AJN 53 (2), p. 1-42, pl. 1-2.
