2476 - Selinus (tetradrachm Apollo/Selinos) over uncertain type (Gemini, 7, Jan. 2011, 145)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2476


450 BCE - 440 BCEΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙΟΝ | ΣΕΛΙΝΟΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_180_-_Selinus_(tetradrachm_Apollo-Selinos).jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Gemini, 7, 09 Jan. 2011, 145.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Norman Davis collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙΟΝ (Greek) Apollo and Artemis standing in a quadriga to left, Artemis holding reins, Apollo drawing bow. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣΕΛΙΝΟΣ (Greek) River god Selinos sacrificing: standing at altar, holding branch and pouring from phiale. At altar, rooster. To right, statue of a bull standing on a pedestal, to left. In right field, wild parsley leaf.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Selinus 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 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: 17.4517.45 g <br />17,450 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.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Troxell 1969, n° 45 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Schwabacher 19251Schwabacher 1925, n° 1-18, Troxell 19692Troxell 1969, n° 45, SNG ANS 4 Sicily3SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 688 (same dies), HGC 24HGC 2, n° 1220
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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: 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. 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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "Traces of overstriking at top of reverse"

References

  1. ^  Schwabacher, Willy (1925), "Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Selinunt", Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft, XLIII, p. 1-89, pl. I-III.
  2. ^  Troxell, Hyla A. (1969), The Norman Davis collection, New York, American Numismatic Society, p. 53, pl. XXVIII.
  3. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
  4. ^  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.