2114 - Phaestus (hemidrachm Heracles/bull) over uncertain type (MacDonald coll., 115)
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of bull facing. |
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. 360 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 | classical 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: 2.462.46 g <br />2,460 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm 
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 10 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| StandardStandard.: reduced Aeginetan | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, no. 115 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | G. Le Rider1G. Le Rider, Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, 1966, p. 89-90, no. 30-32, pl. XXII, no. 1-7 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Turtle (visible on obverse: shell and one flipper). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse pattern (visible on reverse: no certain traces). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Cydonia | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Crete | 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. 475 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: | hemidrachm
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Robinson2Robinson, Pseudoaegnetica, p. 172-198 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
