19439 - Abacaenum (AE Nymph/headed bull) over Messana (Poseidon/trident) (Artemide, EA 26, 2023, 137)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 19439


338 BCE - 318 BCE | ABAKAINI around

Images
Overstriking coin
Abacaenum_2554_Artemide.jpg
Overstruck variety
Messana_Poseidon_trident.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Artemide Kunstauktionen, eLive Auction 26, 2023, 137

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of nymph r., hair in ampyx and sphendone ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ABAKAINI around (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull r.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Abacaenum 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. 338 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 318 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 21HGC 2, n° 29
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΠOΣEIΔAN (Greek) Head of Poseidon wearing an olive crown l. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: MEΣΣANIΩN (Greek) Trident head with dolphins between prongs, dolphins downward at sides
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Messana 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. 338 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 318 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org, Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 391, HGC 21HGC 2, n° 830
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: chronological problem

References

  1. 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.
  2. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,