19737 - Ameselon (AE Athena/tripod) over Morgantina (Athena/lion) (CNG, EA 327, May 2014, 368)
From SILVER
340 BCE - 330 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 327, 28 May 2014, 368 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the Continental Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Tripod. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Ameselon | 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. 340 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 18.1918.19 g <br />18,190 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dilitron | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 333-334, n° 1 OS-3OS, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 224 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΜΟΡΓΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Helmeted head of Athena r. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Lion r., devouring head of stag, monogram in exergue |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Morgantina | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sicily | 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. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | dilitron |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 243, n° 1, SNG ANS 4 Sicily3SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 466-467, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 904 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Traces of undertype" (nb: likely to be the upper part of the the helmet of Athena in Morgantina) | ||
References
- a b Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- 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.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
