2212 - Phaestus (stater Velchanos/bull) over uncertain type (Nomos, 12, May 2016, 82)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2212

320 BCE - 300 BCEVΕΛΧΑΝΟΣ | ΦΑΙΣΤΙΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Nomos, 12, 22 May 2016, 82
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Brünn Collection (acquired in Italy prior to World War I)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

VΕΛΧΑΝΟΣ (Greek) Velchanos, naked, seated left within a tree, holding a rooster with his right hand and resting his left on his seat.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΑΙΣΤΙΟΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Phaestus

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. 320 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 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: 11.4311.43 g <br />11,430 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, p. 259, n° 29, pl. XXIII, 24, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 91, 38 and pl. XXII, 20, Carbone 20223Carbone 2022
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://www.greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phaestus carbone 2016 11-28 32 44-49 54-56 66-95

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

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"traces of overstriking"

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.
^ Carbone, Federico (2022), Festos I. La moneta. produzione, seriazione e cronologia, Monografie della Scuola Archaeologica di Atene e delle missioni italiane in Oriente, Athens, 241 p.