19831 - Segesta (AE Aigiste/hound) over Sicily (uncertain mint) (male standing/nymph) (Savoca, 19, Dec. 2017, 13)
From SILVER
400 BCE - 390 BCE
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG, 19, 10 Dec. 2017, 13 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Pigiste right wearing sphendone. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Hound running left, head right. Weasel in exergue. Value mark above and below. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Segesta | 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 390 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: 3.153.15 g <br />3,150 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hexantes | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Litra | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19831Calciati 1983, p. 301-302, n° 42-45, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1190, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 313, n° 265 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Male figure standing to left, holding patera above altar, pellet (mark of value) to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Nymph standing to left, sacrificing with oinochoe above altar and holding branch |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Sicily (uncertain mint) | 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | |||
| 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: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on a coin from Himera: possilbly Hemilitron, boar running left, two pellets above / Nymph standing left, holding amphora, pellet left, or from Halykiai: Hexas, boar standing left, two pellets above / Nymph standing left, sacrificing with oinochoe above altar to left, two pellets around" | ||
References
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1983), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 1, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
