2091 - Gela (didrachm horseman/man-faced bull) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 79, Sept. 2008, 66)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2091

425 BCE - 420 BCE | ΓEΛΑΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_142_-_Gela_(didrachm).jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, 66.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Horseman riding right, brandishing spear.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΓEΛΑΣ (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. 425 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 420 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: 8.468.46 g <br />8,460 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, group VIII, 479 (O93/R189)., SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 97, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 366
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gela.jenkins 1970.479-480

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:

didrachm

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 on uncertain type (nb: over Corinth?)"

References

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