20948 - Catana (tetradrachm biga/Apollo) over uncertain mint (Garraffo, XVI, 7)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 20948

445 BCE - 435 BCE | KATANAIOΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Catana_20945_Hamburger.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Hamburger, 98, 3 Apr. 1933, 170

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Charioteer driving quadriga to right, holding kentron and reins. Above, Nike flying to right, crowning horses with wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KATANAIOΣ (Greek) Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Catana

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. 445 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 435 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: 16.9916.99 g <br />16,990 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Garraffo 1984, p. 132, n 2, pl. XVI, n° 7	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Garraffo 19841Garraffo 1984, p. 132, n 2, pl. XVI, n° 7, SNG ANS 3 Sicily2SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1249, SNG ANS 3 Sicily2SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1247-1251, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 567
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.sng ans 3.1247-1251

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

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:	"le tracce di un grosso circolo perlinato"

References

^ Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
a b SNG ANS 3 Sicily
^ 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.