2046 - Phaestus (drachma Heracles/bull) over Larissa (Larissa/horse) (Künker, 94, Sept. 2004, 913)
From SILVER
319 BCE - 300 BCE
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Dorotheum, 1957, 3893 = Hess/Leu, 45, 1970, 228 = Künker, 94, 27 Sept. 2004, 913 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Apostolo Zeno III |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles left. Border of dots. | 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. 319 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.066.06 g <br />6,060 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Svoronos 1890, 41, pl. XXIV, 8, Le Rider 1966, pl. XXIV, 7 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, 41, pl. XXIV, 8, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. XXIV, 7, Carbone 20223Carbone 2022 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of the nymph Larissa facing slightly to left, hair in ampyx, wearing necklace | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΛAPI-ΣAIΩN above and below (Greek) Bridled horse prancing to right |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Larissa | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Thessaly | 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. 360 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 44HGC 4, n° 453 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Das Stück wurde auf eine Drachme von Larissa (Nymphenkopf v. v.//Pferd grast r.) überprägt" | ||
References
- ^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1890), Numismatique de Crète ancienne, accompagnée de l'histoire, la géographie et la mythologie de l'île. Première partie, description des monnaies, 2 vol., Macon, Impr. Protat frères.
- ^ Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.
- ^ Carbone, Federico (2022), Festos I. La moneta. produzione, seriazione e cronologia, Monografie della Scuola Archaeologica di Atene e delle missioni italiane in Oriente, Athens, 241 p.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
