3167 - Gela (tetradrachm quadriga/man-faced bull) over uncertain type (NAC, 96, Oct. 2016, 1015)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3167

415 BCE - 405 BCE | ΓEΛΑΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3061, 07 Jan. 2018, 32007 ; 51 Gallery, Oct. 2014, 13 ; Kricheldorf, 23, 1971, 11.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Charioteer driving racing quadriga left, holding kentron and reins. Above, eagle flying left. in exergue, grain ear.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΓEΛΑΣ (Greek) Forepart of man-faced bull (river-god Gelas) to right. Above, barley grain.

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. 415 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 405 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: 17.1917.19 g <br />17,190 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.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, group IX, n° 484 (same dies) and 486-487, SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 100 (same dies), HGC 23HGC 2, n° 359
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gela.jenkins 1970.484 486-488

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 an earlier coin, with traces of undertype"

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.