22109 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Itanus (marine deity/star) (Paris, BnF, R 2499)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 22109


330 BCE - 270 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Gortyn_over_Itanos_Paris_R_2499.jpg [1], [0]
Overstruck variety
Itanos_(under_Gortyn).jpg [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, R 2499

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Europa, nude to the waist, seated three quarters left in tree, resting head on right hand ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull right, head reverted.
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 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: 11.5011.5 g <br />11,500 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, pl. XIII, n° 8, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Marine deity right, with human head and torso and dolphin-like tail, holding a transverse trident in right hand, and a fish by its tail in left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Star with eight rays within linear square border, all within incuse square
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Itanus Ancient regionAncient region.  Crete Modern countryModern country: Greece 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. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Aeginetic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, 7 (same obv. die as n° 4 - pl. XVIII, 24), Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. VIII, 14 (same dies)
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: strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. 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.
  2. a b  Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.