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Stater

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Features

Issuer Phaistos (Crete (ancient))
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 322 BC - 300 BC
Value Stater (2)
Currency Aeginetic drachm
Composition Srebro
Weight 11.81 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Okrągły (nieregularny)
Technique Młotkowana
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
475331
References SvoronosCr# 53
Ioannis Nikolaus Svoronos; 1890. Numismatique de la Crète ancienne. Protat frères, Paris, France.
, SNG Lockett# 2592
Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).
, Traité III# 1654
Ernest Babelon; 1914. Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines / Partie 2.3. Description historique: Comprenant les monnaies de la Grèce centrale et méridionale aux Ve et IVe siècles avant J.-C.. Éditions Ernest Leroux, Paris, France.
, BMC Greek# 13
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).
, Le Rider Crétoises# 56
Georges Le Rider; 1966. Monnaies Crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C = Cretan Coins from the 5th to the 1st Century BC. École Française d'Athènes, Paris, France.

Obverse

(en) Herakles standing in fighting attitude to left, wearing Nemean lion skin, seizing one of the heads of the Lernean Hydra, and preparing to strike with club.

Script: grecki

Lettering: ΦAIΣTIΩN

Reverse

Byk idący w lewo, głowa skierowana do przodu.Automatically translated

Mint

Phaestus, Crete, Greece

Comments

(en)

Le Rider p. 95, 56 and pl. XXIII, 15-18.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (322 BC - 300 BC)  Photo $ 5200

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Stater
© LHS Numismatik
11.81 g 9h
LHS Numismatik Auction 100, lot 279
From the collections of R. Maly, H. de Nanteuil, Hess-Leu 31, 6 December 1966, 371
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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Stater
Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Roma Numismatics
Auction XIX
Lot 359
Internet Archive
26 Mar 2020 VF
(Ex-jewellery; overstruck on a stater of Thebes)
USD 5906.67
(GBP 4400.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Stater
Bertolami Fine Arts
Auction 37
Lot 141
Internet Archive
19 Sep 2017 VF USD 4027.27
(GBP 3000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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