17792 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Gela (horseman/man-faced bull) (CNG, 103, Sept. 2016, 56)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 17792


480 BCE - 430 BCEϘPO

Images
Overstriking coin
Croton 2449 CNG.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Gela (overstruck).jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, 103, 14 Sept. 2016, 56 = Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd, 122, 19 Nov. 2019, 3035.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Ex Brian Bolton Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ϘPO (Greek) Tripod. In right field, marsh-bird standing left. Border of dots ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Tripod. Hatching border (incuse)
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Croton 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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 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: 7.957.95 g <br />7,950 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.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 22.522.5 mm <br />2.25 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Noe 19571Noe 1957, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2093, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1449
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Horseman riding to right, preparing to cast javelin ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: CΕΛΑ around (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull to right, within circular incuse
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Gela 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. 490 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 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. : didrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Jenkins 19704Jenkins 1970, HGC 25HGC 2, n° 362
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "indications of overstriking"

References

  1. ^  Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
  2. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  3. ^  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
  4. ^  Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
  5. ^  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.