2271 - Chersonesus (stater Britomartis/Heracles) over Myriandrus (Baaltars/lion) (Paris, BnF, R 1316)
From SILVER
| ΧΕΡΣΟ
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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 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 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: 10.5910.59 g <br />10,590 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.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | G. Le Rider, "Monnaies acquises par le Cabinet des Médailles en 1959", Revue Numismatique 6/2 (1960), p. 8, n° 2, pl. 1 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | G. Le Rider1G. Le Rider, Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, 1966, |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | visible on obverse: lion walking left and star | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | visible on reverse: 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: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ G. Le Rider
