2127 - Eleutherna (stater Apollo/Apollo) over uncertain type (Paris, BnF, R 1253)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2127


330 BCE - 270 BCE | ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΝΑΙΟΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, R 1253

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΝΑΙΟΝ (Greek) Apollo standing right, holding patera and bow.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Eleutherna 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. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.8810.88 g <br />10,880 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Le Rider 1960, p. 9, n° 5, pl. 1 (https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41814034g) Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, p. 132, Le Rider 19602Le Rider 1960, p. 9, n° 5, pl. 1, Le Rider 19663Le Rider 1966, p. 33, n° 247 and pl. VIII, n° 22
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: Maybe a coin from Cyrenaica with the head of Ammon

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1960), "Monnaies grecques acquises par le Cabinet des Médailles en 1959", Revue Numismatique 6 (3), p. 7-35, pl. 1-3.
  3. ^  Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.