2057 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Iasus (Apollo/Heracles) (Künker, 136, March 2008, 72)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2057

330 - 270

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Künker 136 (10/03/2008), no. 72 ; Hirsch Nachf. 196, München (1997), no. 269
	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	IGCH 152 (Phaistos 1953), no. 119

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Female godess, nude to the waist, seated facing in tree

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: 11.6211.62 g <br />11,620 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

G. Le Rider, Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècles av. J.-C., Paris, 1966, p. 73, no. 44a, pl. XVII, no. 7.

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: part of snake, legs of Heracles)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(visible on reverse: head of Apollo)

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Iasus

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Caria

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Babelon2Babelon, Traité Pl. 146, 25

Additional data

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