1878 - Gela (tetradrachm biga/man-faced bull) over uncertain type (Savoca Coins Live Online Auction, 7, Feb. 2016, 58)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1878

420 BCE - 415 BCE | CEΛΑΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_138_-_Gela_(tetradrachm).jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Savoca Coins Live Online Auction, 7(#8), 28 Feb. 2016, 58.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Charioteer driving quadriga to right, wearing a long chiton, holding a kentron and the reins. Above, Nike flying right crowning the horses.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

CEΛΑΣ (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) to left.

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 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. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 415 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: 17.0617.06 g <br />17,060 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 91., Jenkins 19702Jenkins 1970, Group VIII, 469-73, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 355
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gela.jenkins 1970.466-478

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

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" (nb: possibly on Agrigentum)

References

^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
^ 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.