2299 - Phaestus (stater Heracles/bull) over Thebes (shield/amphora) (Bertolami, 37, Sept. 2017, 141)
From SILVER
330 - 270ΦΑΙΣΤΙΟΝ
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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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11,33",33" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | 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.: 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
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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