21024 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Rhegium (lion/olive sprig) (Berlin, MK, Imhoof-Blumer - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVI, 17)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 21024

410 BCE - 368 BCE | KAMΠΑΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Berlin, MK, Imhoof-Blumer coll.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Horse galloping right, over corn grain.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KAMΠΑΝΩΝ (Greek) Campanian helmet left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Entella

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. 410 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 368 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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Garraffo 1984, p. 134, n° b, pl. XVI, n° 17	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Garraffo 19841Garraffo 1984, p. 134, n° b, pl. XVI, n° 17, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 244
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/entella.puglisi 2009.81

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Facing head of a lion

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΡΗ (Greek) Olive sprig

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bruttium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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. 415 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 387 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

hemidrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Herzfelder 19573Herzfelder 1957, HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 2498, HGC 15HGC 1, n° 648
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2531

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
^ 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.
^ Herzfelder, Hubert (1957), Les monnaies d’argent de Rhégion frappées entre 461 et le milieu du IVe siècle av. J.-C., Paris, 1957, 154 p., 20 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