2282 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Gortyn (Europa/lion) (CNG, EA 172, Sept. 2007, 41)
From SILVER
330 BCE - 270 BCE
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 172, 5 Sept. 2007, 41 = New York Sale, 20, 7 Jan. 2009, 176 = Künker, 174, 2010, 310 = Naumann, 125, 5 Feb. 2023 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From The John A. Seeger Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Europa, nude to the waist, seated facing in tree, her hands raised, holding onto branches | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bull right, head reverted. |
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. 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.
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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: 12.1612.16 g <br />12,160 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
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| StandardStandard.: Aeginetic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, p. 166, n° 64, pl. XIV, n° 11, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 26, n° 118, pl. V, n° 11 (these dies). | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Europa riding bull to right, below, dolphin swimming to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Lion’s scalp facing within hatched linear frame, all within dotted incuse square. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Gortyn | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Crete | 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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 BCE | Classical 480-323 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: | stater
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 3 and pl. XII, n° 22, Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, p. 54, 1 and pl. XI, 8 (this coin). | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on the earlier Gortyna type with Europa on bull / Lion’s head in dotted square (Svoronos 9)." | ||
References
- a b 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.
- a b Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.
