Hoard from Hersonissos
Ν1357 - Ν1379
Metal (Silver)
Good
Diameter: 29-35 cm. Weight: 15.8-17.2 gr.
Chersonissos
Roman period:
Minted: late 2nd -early 1st c. BC Concealed: 69-67 BC:
Gallery:
XXICase:
209Exhibition thematic unit:
Cretan CoinageCoin Hoards
Description
A coin hoard reportedly found in a clay pot and consisting of more than 95 silver tetradrachms, 23 of which were handed into the Heraklion Archaeological Museum. The rest are in museums in New York (70), Boston (1) and Paris (1). Several Cretan mints are represented, including those of Knossos, Lyttos and Arcadia, as well as strong non-Cretan mints such as those of Athens, Byzantium and King Nicomedes IV of Bithynia (94-74 BC). Coins found far from home include examples from Tenedos and issues of King Mithridates VI of Pontus (132-63 BC). This is an important cache of large denominations, probably concealed by its owner during the turbulent years of the Roman invasion and the consequent military clashes in the wider region of Central Crete.Bibliography:
Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards 332. Μ. Thompson, The new style silver coinage of Athens, New York 1961, (Cretan Hoard II), 511-3, fig. D. M. Lewis, "The Chronology of the Athenian New Style Coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 1962, 282 and 316-7. Le Rider, G., Monnaies Crétoises du Ve au Ier siécle av. J.C., Paris 1966, 269-85, fig. M. J. Price, "Mithradates VI Eupator, Dionysus and the coinages of the Black Sea", Numismatic Chronicle 1968, 9-10. Pollak, American Numismatic Society Museum Notes, 16 (1970), 54-5, nn. 24, 27.Author:
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