22249 - Polyrhenium (hemidrachm Dictynna/bull) over Argos (wolf/A) (Naumann, 127, April 2023, 212)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 270 BCE
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann, 127, 2 April 2023, 212 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Artemis Diktynna left, wearing triple pendant earring, pearl necklace and with her hair bound up and tied into a sakkos ornamented with stars at the back. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bull's head facing, with fillets hanging from its horns |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Polyrhenium | 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: 2.212.21 g <br />2,210 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Aeginetic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 18901 , Le Rider 19662 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Forepart of wolf left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | A in incuse square with two deeper incuses in upper part |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Argos | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Peloponnesus | 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. 375 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: | hemidrachm | StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 53 | ||
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
RemarksRemarks: | nb: no mention of overstrike |
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.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2011), Handbook of Greek Coins 5. Coins of the Peloponnesos, Achaia, Phleiasia, Sikyonia, Elis, Triphylia, Messenia, Lakonia, Argolis, and Arkadia, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster (PA), 2011.