2031 - Cnossus (stater Minotaur/labyrinth) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Gorny & Mosch, 224, Oct. 2014, 220A)
From SILVER
450 - 360
Images
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Gorny & Mosch, 224 (13/10/2014), no. 220A | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | The Minotaur running right, head facing, holding stone. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Labyrinth in the form of a swastika, pellets in the center and four squares in the corners. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Cnossus | 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. 450 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 360 | Classical 480-323 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: 11.9311.93 g <br />11,930 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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| StandardStandard.: 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. 1, pl. IV, 23., G. Le Rider2G. Le Rider, Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, 1966, p. 99, no. 2, pl. XXIV, 25. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Turtle | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aegina | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Aegina | 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
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | didrachm
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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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