21046 - Motya (didrachm hound/nymph) over uncertain type (Syracuse, MA, inv. 53440)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 21047

410 BCE - 405 BCE

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Overstriking coin

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Syracuse, MA, inv. 53440

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Dog standing r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of a nymph r.

Mint and issuing power

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

Motya

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:

Carthaginian Empire

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.. 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: 8.458.45 g <br />8,450 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Garraffo 1984, p. 137, n° 1, pl. XVIII, n° 8	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Jenkins 19711Jenkins 1971, 36, Garraffo 19842Garraffo 1984, p. 137, n° 1, pl. XVIII, n° 8, SNG ANS 4 Sicily3SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 498
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/motya.campana.group iv.8

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 concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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