23807 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 480, Nov. 2020, 36)
From SILVER
476 BCE - 425 BCE | ΚΑV
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 480, 11 Nov. 2020, 36 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Stag standing to left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΚΑV (Greek) Apollo advancing right, naked, brandishing laurel branch with right hand, a small daimon running on outstretched left arm. In right field, stag standing right. Decorated border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Caulonia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Bruttium | 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. 476 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.797.79 g <br />7,790 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 17.517.5 mm <br />1.75 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 175-180., HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2044, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1419 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
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: | "Overstruck on uncertain type" | ||
References
- ^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1975), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 3. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3 (Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx), New-York, pl. 38.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ 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
