22287 - Rhaucus (stater Poseidon/trident) over uncertain type (Paris, BnF, FG 565)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 22287

330 BCE - 270 BCE | ΡΑΥΚΙΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Monnaies, médailles et antiques, Fonds général 565

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Poseidon facing, naked, head right, holding trident in right hand, holding rein of horse standing right in left hand. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΡΑΥΚΙΟΝ (Greek) Trident head.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhaucus

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: 10.8610.86 g <br />10,860 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, Suppl. 58, pl. XIII, 8, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. VI, 7-8
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://www.greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhaucus svoronos 1890 1-2 6-14 21-24

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:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	traces on the left field of the reverse

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.