21154 - Syracuse (tetradrachm biga/Arethusa) over Catana (biga/Apollo) (Leu 1967 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVIII, 15)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 21154

460 BCE - 430 BCE | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu 1967

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga to right, Nike flying above to right, ketos in exergue

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Arethusa to right, wearing sphendone. Four dolphins around

Mint and issuing power

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

Syracuse

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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 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.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Garraffo 1984, p. 138, n° 1, pl. XVIII, n° 15	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Boehringer 19291Boehringer 1929, n° 585-590 and 592-594, Garraffo 19842Garraffo 1984, p. 138, n° 1, pl. XVIII, n° 15, SNG ANS 5 Sicily3SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 183-192, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 1313
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.boerhinger 1929.585-590 592-594

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Slow quadriga r., the driver, wearing long, sleeveless chiton, holding the reins with both hands, kentron in his r. hand.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KATANAI - O-N (Greek) Head of Apollo r., the long hair tied up in a laurel wreath in the back of the head.

Mint and issuing power

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

Catana

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sicily

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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 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:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

SNG ANS 4 Sicily5SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 1241

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Boehringer, Erich (1929), Die Münzen von Syrakus, Berlin-Leipzig, vi, [2], 297 p. : ill. and portfolio of 32 pl. ; 28 cm
^ Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
^ 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.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.