2168 - Gortyn (AR Europa/bull) over Lyttus (eagle/boar) (Kricheldorf, 49, Feb. 2017, 101)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2168

330 BCE - 270 BCE | ΓΟΡΤΥΝIΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Gortyna_Kricheldorf, _49, _20_Febr._2017, _101.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Lyttos_(under_Gortyna).jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Kricheldorf, 49, 20 Febr. 2017, 101 = Beckenbauer, Apr. 1970
	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	IGCH 152 (Phaistos 1953), no. 91

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Female godess, nude to the waist, seated facing in tree

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΓΟΡΤΥΝIΟΝ (Greek) Bull right, head reverted. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Gortyn

Ancient regionAncient region.

Crete

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.7911.79 g <br />11,790 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Le Rider 1966, p. 68, n° 27c, pl. XV, n° 6

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 53 var., Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 68, n° 27c, pl. XV, n° 6

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Eagle flying to left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of boar to right

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Lyttus

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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 320 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

didrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 32, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. XXXIV, 20
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/lyttus svoronos 1890 1-50 55-64

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägt auf einen Stater von Lyttos"

References

a b 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.
a b Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.