2368 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 186, March 2010, 1330)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2368

330 - 270

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch 186 (08/03/2010), no. 1330

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Female godess, 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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270

Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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: 11.4211.42 g <br />11,420 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

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.:

Turtle?

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square (visible on obverse)

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: