2369 - Rhegium (tetradrachm lion/Iocastus) over Messana (lion/calf) (Berlin, MK, Imhoof-Blumer coll.)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2369


450 BCE - 445 BCE | RECINON

Images
Overstruck variety
Messana_Lion_calf+.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett,
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Imhoof-Blumer collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving biga of mules right, in exergue, olive leaf ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: RECINON (Greek) Hare springing right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Rhegium Ancient regionAncient region. Calabria 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.. 445 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: 17.0017 g <br />17,000 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Imhoof-Blumer 1878, p. 143 = Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, n Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Imhoof-Blumer 18781Imhoof-Blumer 1878, p. 143 = Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, n, Caccamo Caltabiano 19932Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 102, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 2472, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1642
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Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Lion's mask facing ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΜΕ – SSΕ –Ν – Ι – ΟΝ (Greek) Calf head l.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Messana 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. 488 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 481 BCE Archaic until 480 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 StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Caccamo Caltabiano 19932Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 2.1
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Imhoof-Blumer, Friedrich (1878), "Griechische ueberpraegungen", Zeitschrift für Numismatik 5, p. 143-150.
  2. a b  Caccamo Caltabiano, Maria (1993), La monetazione di Messana. Con le emissioni di Rhegion dell’eta della tirannide, AMUGS XIII, Berlin-New York, xviii, 383 p., 94 pl.
  3. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  4. ^  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