1775 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Neapolis (nymph/Achelous) (Cambridge, FM, McCLean, 1959)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1775

425 BCE - 420 BCE | ΤΕΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.MC.1959-R
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	McClean collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Female head (nymph Terina?) right, wearing sphendone, within wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΤΕΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ (Greek) Nike seated left, resting left hand on seat, playing ball on right hand.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Terina

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. 425 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 420 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.597.59 g <br />7,590 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Regling 1906, n° 33a., Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VIII, p. 35, p)., Grose 1979, p. 229, n° 1959 and pl. 62, n° 6.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Regling 19061Regling 1906, n° 33a, Noe 19572Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, p, Grose 19793Grose 1979, p. 229, n° 1959 and pl. 62, n° 6, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1734 var.

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:

Neapolis

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Campania

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Regling, Kurt (1906), Terina, Winckelmannsfeste der Archaeologischen Gesellschaft 66, Berlin, 80 p., 3 pl.
^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
^ Grose, Sidney W. (1979), Catalogue of the McClean collection of Greek coins, 3 vol., Chicago, Obol International, pl. 380.
^ 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