17569 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 516, May 2022, 79)
From SILVER
475 BCE - 425 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 516, 18 May 2022, 79 ; Classical Ancient Coins, 6 Dec. 2012 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Roy Iwata Collection ; Wayne Sayles Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Apollo advancing right, holding branch, small daimon running right on Apollo's left arm, to right, stag standing right, head reverted | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Stag standing right |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Caulonia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Bruttium | 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. 475 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.128.12 g <br />8,120 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 19.519.5 mm <br />1.95 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Noe 19581Noe 1958, Group E, n° 69 (same dies), HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2044, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1419 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on uncertain type" |
References
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1958), The coinage of Caulonia, Numismatic Studies 9, New York, 62 p., 20 pl.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm