Issuer | Phaistos (Crete (ancient)) |
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Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 300 BC - 270 BC |
Value | Silver Stater (3) |
Currency | Drachm |
Composition | Silver |
Weight | 11.05 g |
Diameter | 10.0 mm |
Shape | Round (irregular) |
Technique | Hammered |
Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
Demonetized | Yes |
Number | N# 135180 |
References |
SvoronosCr# 59,
Iōannēs N. Svorōnos; 1890. Numismatique de la Crète ancienne. Protat frères, Paris, France.
BMC Greek# 12,
Reginald Stuart Poole; 1876. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum / Volume 2. Sicily. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
Hunterian# 9 And 26 more volumes.
George MacDonald; 1899. Catalogue of Greek coins in the Hunterian collection, University of Glasgow / Volume I. Italy, Sicily, Macedon, Thrace, and Thessaly. James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow.
And 2 more volumes. |
Herakles, nude but for lion skin draped over left arm, standing left, his left hand extended and holding one head of the Hydra, which he strikes at with club held in aloft in his right hand. Crab between his legs below.
Bull advancing right. Inscription above.
Script: Greek
Lettering: ΦAIΣTIΩN
Translation: Phaistos
Le Rider, Crétoises, pl. XXIII, 22; Mionnet II p. 291, 254; Regling, Kunstwerk 661; Traeger 300.
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Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
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Undetermined | ||||||||||||||
ND (300 BC - 270 BC) |
No member from this site currently wants to exchange it.
Pictures | Sale | Date | Grade | Sold price |
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CNG Triton XXI Lot 433 |
9 Jan 2018 | VF |
USD 11 000.00
(+ buyer's premium) |
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