2259 - Leontini (tetradrachm Apollo/lion) over Gela (New York, ANS, 1957.172.584)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2259


455 BCE - 430 BCE | ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_153_-_Leontini_(tetradrachm).png [1]
Overstruck variety
Gela_(Leontini).jpg [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: New York, American Numismatic Society, 1957.172.584
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : H. Miller collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΝ (Greek) Lion's head right with open jaw surrounded by four barley corns.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Leontini 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. 455 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 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 WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.5316.53 g <br />16,530 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 242, Fischer-Bossert 2016, p. 119 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Boehringer 19981Boehringer 1998, n° 34-47 and 51, SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 242, Fischer-Bossert 20163Fischer-Bossert 2016, p. 119, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 667-668 var. (Apollo left/lion right)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer holding reins and kentron, in background, column ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: CΕΛΑΣ (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) r.
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 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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 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. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Jenkins 19705Jenkins 1970, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 338
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: weak
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on earlier Sicilian coins"

References

  1. ^  Boehringer, Christof (1998), "Zur Muenzgeschichte von Leontinoi in klassischer Zeit", in: Ashton, Richard - Hurter, Silvia (eds), Studies in Greek numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, Spink, p.43-53.
  2. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
  3. ^  Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (2016), "Leontinoi, Selinus, Katane : zwei Überprägungen", in Lavinia Sole and Sebastiano Tusa (eds), Nomismata: studi di numismatica offerti ad Aldina Cutroni Tusa per il suo novantatreesimo compleanno, Ragusa : Ed. di Storia e Studi Sociali, p. 107-123.
  4. a b  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.
  5. ^  Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin