2267 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over uncertain type (Hess-Divo, 307, June 2007, 1184)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2267


331 BCE - 270 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_1496_-_Gortyna_(didrachm)_over_Cyrene.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Hess-Divo 307, 07 June 2007, 1184 ; Monnaies et Médailles SA, Bâle 66 (1984), 127
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : S. Boutin collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Female godess, nude to the waist, seated facing in tree ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull right, head reverted. Border of dots.
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. 331 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: 11.2911.29 g <br />11,290 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, p. 164, n° 52, pl. XIII, 24 (same obverse die)., Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 70-1, n° 33-35, pl. XVI, n° 2-12
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: 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. 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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: Cyrene: "Head of Zeus-Ammon (visible on reverse: nose, leaps and beard of Zeus Ammon)" (nb: not really visible on the picture)

References

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