2476 - Selinus (tetradrachm Apollo/Selinos) over uncertain type (Gemini, 7, Jan. 2011, 145)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2476

450 BCE - 440 BCEΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙΟΝ | ΣΕΛΙΝΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gemini, 7, 09 Jan. 2011, 145.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Norman Davis collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΕΛΙΝΟΝΤΙΟΝ (Greek) Apollo and Artemis standing in a quadriga to left, Artemis holding reins, Apollo drawing bow. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΕΛΙΝΟΣ (Greek) River god Selinos sacrificing: standing at altar, holding branch and pouring from phiale. At altar, rooster. To right, statue of a bull standing on a pedestal, to left. In right field, wild parsley leaf.

Mint and issuing power

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

Selinus

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. 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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.4517.45 g <br />17,450 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Troxell 1969, n° 45	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Schwabacher 19251Schwabacher 1925, n° 1-18, Troxell 19692Troxell 1969, n° 45, SNG ANS 4 Sicily3SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 688 (same dies), HGC 24HGC 2, n° 1220
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/selinus sicily.schwabacher 1925.1-18

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Traces of overstriking at top of reverse"

References

^ Schwabacher, Willy (1925), "Die Tetradrachmenprägung von Selinunt", Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Numismatischen Gesellschaft, XLIII, p. 1-89, pl. I-III.
^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1969), The Norman Davis collection, New York, American Numismatic Society, p. 53, pl. XXVIII.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 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.