2264 - Catana (tetradrachm) (man-faced bull/Nike) over uncertain type (NAC, 88, Oct. 2015, 558)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2264

461 BCE - 445 BCE | KATANE or KATANAION

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_149_-_Catana_(tetradrachm).jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	NAC, 88, 08 Oct. 2015, 558 ; Triton, 2, 1998, 170.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	A. D. M. collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Man-faced bull (river-god Amenanos) right, kneeling. Above, bird (crane ? stork ?). In exergue, tunny fish. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KATANE or KATANAION (Greek) Nike advancing left, wearing long pleated peplos, holding taenia in her outstretched right hand. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Catana

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. 461 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 445 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: 17.1717.17 g <br />17,170 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Rizzo pl. IX, 2.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 3 Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1235 (this rev. die)., Arnold-Biucchi 19902Arnold-Biucchi 1990, n° 54-59, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 559 var. (symbol: bird)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.arnold-biucchi 1990.48-66

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:	"Minor traces of overstriking"

References

^ SNG ANS 3 Sicily
^ Arniold-Biucchi, Carmen (1990), The Randazzo hoard 1980 and Sicilian chronology in the early fifth century B.C., Numismatic Studies 18, New York, 77 p., 20 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.