2053 - Cnossus (stater Minotaur/labyrinth) over uncertain type (Leu, 33, May 1983, 341)
From SILVER
450 BCE - 360 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu AG 33, Zürich, 3 May 1983, 341 = The New York Sale, II, 4 Jan. 2012, 407 = .New York Sale, XXXII, 8 Jan. 2014, 152 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Prospero Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | The Minotaur running right, head facing, holding stone. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Labyrinth in the form of a swastika, pellets in the center and four squares in the corners. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Cnossus | 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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 360 BCE | Classical 480-323 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: 11.9911.99 g <br />11,990 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
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| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 1, pl. IV, 23, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 99, n° 2, pl. XXIV, 25, Carrier 20173Carrier 2017, n° 1-59. | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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
References
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Traces of overstriking" (nb: likely to be on a turtle from Aegina) | ||
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.
- ^ Carrier, Caroline (2017), Cnossos de l'époque classique à l'époque impériale (Ve s. avant J.-C.-Ier s. après J.-C.). Etude de numismatique et d'histoire, Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Paris-Sorbonne University.
