450 BCE - 445 BCE | RECINON
Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving biga of mules right, in exergue, olive leaf
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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RECINON (Greek) Hare springing right.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Rhegium
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Calabria
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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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
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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: 17.0017 g <br />17,000 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Imhoof-Blumer 1878, p. 143 = Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, n
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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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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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Lion's mask facing
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΜΕ – SSΕ –Ν – Ι – ΟΝ (Greek) Calf head l.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Messana
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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
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Archaic until 480 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
References
- ^ Imhoof-Blumer, Friedrich (1878), "Griechische ueberpraegungen", Zeitschrift für Numismatik 5, p. 143-150.
- 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.
- ^ 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
