Coin: slater with Europa and bull (reproduction)

Coin: slater with Europa and bull (reproduction)

Unknown

Style/Period: Cretan; Greek (modern reproduction)

Discovery Site: Original artefact is housed in the Heraklion Museum, Crete, Greece

Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa

Collection: On loan from the Embassy of Greece in Ottawa

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Materials/Techniques: Reproductions

Measurements: 28 to 29 mm in diameter, 2mm thick

Obverse: A woman sits surrounded by trees, with her legs to the right and her head tilted downward against her right hand, with her arm propped up by her leg. She is nude from the waist up and has a robe draped around her legs and gathered around her waist. The trees which surround her are thin and sparsely leafed. A modern maker's mark is stamped in the lower left corner of the obverse, possibly reading, TAΠ[?] 950.
Reverse: A bull stands, looking over his right shoulder, surrounded by a dotted decorative boulder. A modern maker's mark reading TAΠ [?] is stamped into the lower left corner.
The obverse device is bordered by excess material due to an oddly shaped flan, and there are some small cracks in relief due to damage on the die.

Repository Accession Number: LR012.1.3 a

Record: UO-MCA-LR012-01-03a

Cataloguer: Vera Hadzic, University of Ottawa

Photographer: Vera Hadzic, University of Ottawa

Image Date: 2023-11-20

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