2271 - Chersonesus (stater Britomartis/Heracles) over Myriandrus (Baaltars/lion) (Paris, BnF, R 1316)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2271

330 BCE - 270 BCE | ΧΕΡΣΟ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1491 - Chersonesus (AR didrachm) over Myriandrus.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Myriandrus_lion_Baaltars.jpeg [2]

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	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	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
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/chersonesus svoronos 1890 2-7

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

visible: Baaltars seated

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

visible: lion walking left and star

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:
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