2004 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Ambracia (Pegasus/Athena) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 696)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2004

475 BCE - 425 BCEKAVΛ (retr.) | KAVΛ (retr.)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1292 - Caulonia over Ambracia.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Ambracia 1292 by Caulonia.jpg [2]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, de Luynes 696
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	de Luynes collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

KAVΛ (retr.) (Greek) Apollo stranding right, holding laurel branch. In eft field, bird (?). In right field, stag right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KAVΛ (retr.) (Greek) Stag runing right. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Caulonia

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. 475 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 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: 7.907.9 g <br />7,900 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VI, p. 30, pl. X, j), Babelon 1924, n° 696 (https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41745303q)

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 2044, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1419

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bridled Pegasus with curved wings flying r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet, the long hair tied in a plait at the neck, incuse square

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ambracia

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Epirus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

stater

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Ravel 19283Ravel 1928, n° 24

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ 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
^ Ravel, Oscar (1928), The "colts" of Ambracia, The American Numismatic Society, Numismatic notes and monographs 37, New York, 180 p., 2 pl.