2343 - Gela (tetradrachm) (biga/man-headed bull) over uncertain type (Triton, 9, Jan. 2006, 688)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2343

450 BCE - 440 BCE | CEΛΑΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_136_-_Gela_(tetradrachm).jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Triton, 9, 10 Jan. 2006, 688.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning the horses with wreath. In exergue, palmette with tendrils. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

CEΛΑΣ (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) to right.

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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 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: 16.6116.61 g <br />16,610 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, group IV, 341-370 (O69/R142)., SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 66 (same obv. die)., HGC 23HGC 2, n° 343
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gela.jenkins 1970.339-370

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:	nb: no mention of overstrike

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.