2140 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, Y 23880)
From SILVER
329 BCE - 270 BCE
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Location/history
| Museum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Y 23880 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Europa, nude to the waist, seated three quarters right in tree, resting head on left hand | Reverse: | Bull left, head reverted. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Gortyn | Ancient region | Crete | Modern country: Greece | Authority: |
Chronology
| From 329 BCE to 270 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Silver
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Weight in grams: 10.8410.84 g <br />10,840 mg <br /> | Denomination: stater
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Axis: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br /> |
| Standard: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin reference: | Le Rider 1960, p. 10, n° 7, pl. 1 | Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Svoronos 1890, pl. XIII, n° 10, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Le Rider 1960, p. 10, n° 7, pl. 1, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Le Rider 1966, Le Rider 1966, p. 58-72, n° 13-37 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| Obverse: | K – Y / P –A (Greek) Silphium plant | Reverse: | Head of Ammon left |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint ᵖ: | Cyrene | Ancient region ᵖ | Cyrenaica | Modern country: Libya | Authority ᵖ: |
Chronology
| From 435 BCE to 375 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC period
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Physical description
| Denomination ᵖ: | tetradrachm
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References
| Coin type reference ᵖ: | "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4BMC Cyrenaica, p. 17, n° 70 and pl. VIII, n° 5-8 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidence: | sure |
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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 (1960), "Monnaies grecques acquises par le Cabinet des Médailles en 1959", Revue Numismatique 6 (3), p. 7-35, pl. 1-3.
- ^ Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.
- ^ Robinson, E. S. G. (1927), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol. XXIX : Cyrenaica, London, The Trustees, p. 154, pl. 47.
