455 BCE - 430 BCE | ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΝ
Overstriking coin
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΝ (Greek) Lion's head right with open jaw surrounded by four barley corns.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Leontini
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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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. 455 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 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: 16.5316.53 g <br />16,530 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 242, Fischer-Bossert 2016, p. 119
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Boehringer 19981Boehringer 1998, n° 34-47 and 51, SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 242, Fischer-Bossert 20163Fischer-Bossert 2016, p. 119, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 667-668 var. (Apollo left/lion right)
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer holding reins and kentron, in background, column
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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CΕΛΑΣ (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) r.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Gela
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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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 BCE
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Classical 480-323 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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References
References
- ^ Boehringer, Christof (1998), "Zur Muenzgeschichte von Leontinoi in klassischer Zeit", in: Ashton, Richard - Hurter, Silvia (eds), Studies in Greek numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, Spink, p.43-53.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
- ^ Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (2016), "Leontinoi, Selinus, Katane : zwei Überprägungen", in Lavinia Sole and Sebastiano Tusa (eds), Nomismata: studi di numismatica offerti ad Aldina Cutroni Tusa per il suo novantatreesimo compleanno, Ragusa : Ed. di Storia e Studi Sociali, p. 107-123.
- a b 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.
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
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