21024 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Rhegium (lion/olive sprig) (Berlin, MK, Imhoof-Blumer - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVI, 17)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 21024


410 BCE - 368 BCE | KAMΠΑΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Entella_Berlin.jpg
Overstruck variety
Rhegium_hemidrachm.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Berlin, MK, Imhoof-Blumer coll.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Horse galloping right, over corn grain. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: KAMΠΑΝΩΝ (Greek) Campanian helmet left.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Entella 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. 410 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 368 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Garraffo 1984, p. 134, n° b, pl. XVI, n° 17 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Garraffo 19841Garraffo 1984, p. 134, n° b, pl. XVI, n° 17, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 244
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Facing head of a lion ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΡΗ (Greek) Olive sprig
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Rhegium Ancient regionAncient region.  Bruttium Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 415 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 387 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : hemidrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Herzfelder 19573Herzfelder 1957, HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 2498, HGC 15HGC 1, n° 648
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Herzfelder, Hubert (1957), Les monnaies d’argent de Rhégion frappées entre 461 et le milieu du IVe siècle av. J.-C., Paris, 1957, 154 p., 20 pl.
  4. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  5. ^  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