2057 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Iasus (Apollo/Heracles) (Künker, 136, March 2008, 72)
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330 BCE - 270 BCE
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Künker, 136, 10 March 2008, 72 ; Hirsch Nachf. 196, München (1997), 269 | |
Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | IGCH 152 (Phaistos 1953), n° 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.: | Gortyna | 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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
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 ![]() |
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References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Le Rider 1966, p. 73, n° 44a, pl. XVII, no. 7. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Le Rider 19661Le Rider 1966, p. 73-5, n° 43-8 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
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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