1718 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Catana (quadriga/Amenanos) (Cambridge, FM, McClean, 2230)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1718


410 BCE - 368 BCE | KAMΠΑΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_119_-_Entella_(drachm)_over_Catana.png [1]
Overstruck variety
Catana Quadriga Apollo drachm.jpg [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.MC.2230-R
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : McClean collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Horse galloping right, over corn grain. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: KAMΠΑΝΩΝ (Greek) Campanian helmet left.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Entella Ancient regionAncient region. Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy 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. 410 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 368 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.863.86 g <br />3,860 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, c - wrong picture: 2231), Grose 1979, p. 262, n° 2231 and pl. 72, n° 4, Garraffo 1984, p. 133, n° b, pl. XVI, 15 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Noe 19571Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, c, Garraffo 19842Garraffo 1984, p. 133, n° b, pl. XVI, 15, Lee 20003Lee 2000, n° 1-7, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 243
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Female charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping quadriga to right, above, Nike flying to left, crowning charioteer with wreath held in outstretched arms ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AMENANOΣ above (Greek) Horned head of the river-god Amenanos to left, wearing tainia, crayfish and two dolphins around
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Catana Ancient regionAncient region.  Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 405 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 403 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : drachma Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : HGC 24HGC 2, n° 582
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
  2. ^  Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
  3. ^  Lee, Ian (2000), "Entella: The Silver Coinage of the Campanian Mercenaries and the Site of the First Carthaginian Mint 410-409 BC", Numismatic Chronicle, 160, p. 1-66, pl. 1-3.
  4. a b  Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.