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|Sale=Rauch & Aufhäuser 18 (05/10/2004), no. 118
|Image overstriking coin=Gortyn_over_uncertain_Rauch_&_Aufhäuser_18_5_oct._2004_118.jpg
|Sale=Rauch & Aufhäuser, 18, 5 Oct. 2004, 118
|Archaeological context=IGCH 152 (Phaistos 1953), no. 84
|Archaeological context=IGCH 152 (Phaistos 1953), no. 84
|Obverse description=Female godess, nude to the waist, seated three quarters right in tree, resting head on left hand
|Obverse description=Europa, nude to the waist, seated three quarters right in tree, resting head on left hand
|Reverse description=Bull right, head reverted.
|Reverse description=Bull right, head reverted.
|Mint=Gortyn
|Mint=Gortyn
|Ancient region=Crete
|Ancient region=Crete
|Date from=330
|Date from=330 BCE
|Date to=270
|Date to=270 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=11.66
|Weight=11.66
|Denomination=didrachm
|Denomination=stater
|Coin reference=G. Le Rider, Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècles av. J.-C., Paris, 1966, p. 66, no. 22i, pl. XIV, no. 15.
|Standard=Aeginetic
|Coin series reference=G. Le Rider, Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, 1966,  
|Coin reference=Le Rider 1966, p. 66, 22i, pl. XIV, 15
|Coin series reference=Svoronos 1890, n° 59 and pl. XIV, 6; Le Rider 1966, p. 66, n° 22i, pl. XIV, n° 15
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gortyn_carbone_2016_59-103-113-117
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus-Ammon (visible on reverse: horn)
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus-Ammon (visible on reverse: horn)
|Overstruck reverse description=Silphium (visible on obverse: umbel?)
|Overstruck reverse description=Silphium (visible on obverse: umbel?)
|Overstruck mint=Cyrene?
|Overstruck mint=Cyrene?
|Overstruck ancient region=Cyrenaica
|Overstruck ancient region=Cyrenaica
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Remarks="Überprägungsspuren"
}}
}}

Revision as of 06:14, 29 October 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2063


330 BCE - 270 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Gortyn_over_uncertain_Rauch_&_Aufhäuser_18_5_oct._2004_118.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Rauch & Aufhäuser, 18, 5 Oct. 2004, 118
Archaeological contextArchaeological context: IGCH 152 (Phaistos 1953), no. 84

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Europa, nude to the waist, seated three quarters right in tree, resting head on left hand ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull right, head reverted.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Gortyn Ancient regionAncient region. Crete Modern countryModern country: Greece 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 Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.6611.66 g <br />11,660 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Le Rider 1966, p. 66, n° 22i, pl. XIV, n° 15 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 59 and pl. XIV, 6, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 66, n° 22i, pl. XIV, n° 15
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus-Ammon (visible on reverse: horn) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Silphium (visible on obverse: umbel?)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Cyrene? Ancient regionAncient region.  Cyrenaica Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "Überprägungsspuren"

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.