330 BCE - 270 BCE | Φ - Α
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Auktion Ars Classica, XII, 18 Oct. 1926, 1653 = Glendining & Co. IX, Lockett Collection, part III, 28.May 1959, 2070 = Vinchon, 30 June 1978, 76 = Tradart, 18 Dec. 2014, 126 = Peus, 433, 1 Nov. 2022, 1196
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Ex Slg. Hermann Weber, 4562, Slg. Godfrey Locker Lampson, 245, Slg. Arthur Evans, Slg. Richard Cyril Lockett
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Artemis Diktynna right, wearing single-pendant earring and necklace
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Φ - Α (Greek) Ornate trident head. Border of dots
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Phalasarna
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Crete
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Modern countryModern country: Crete
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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:
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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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.655.65 g <br />5,650 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 21.321.3 mm <br />2.13 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Aeginetic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Zeus Karneios right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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KY - PA (Greek) Silphium plant
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Cyrene
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Cyrenaica
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Modern countryModern country: Libya
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 308 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 277 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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didrachm
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References
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.
