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|Image overstriking coin=SO_123_-_Gela_(tetradrachm).png | |||
|Image reference overstriking coin=http://numismatics.org/collection/1959.126.1 | |||
|Image overstruck variety=Mende_tetradrachm.jpg | |||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=529680 | |||
|Museum collection=New York, American Numismatic Society, 1959.126.1 | |Museum collection=New York, American Numismatic Society, 1959.126.1 | ||
|Private collection=B. Y. Berry collection | |Private collection=B. Y. Berry collection | ||
|Obverse description=Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning the horses with wreath. In exergue, palmette with tendrils. Border of dots. | |Obverse description=Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning the horses with wreath. In exergue, palmette with tendrils. Border of dots. | ||
|Reverse legend=CELAΣ | |Reverse legend=CELAΣ | ||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) right. | |Reverse description=Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) right. | ||
|Mint=Gela | |Mint=Gela | ||
|Ancient region= | |Ancient region=Sicily | ||
|Date from=450 | |Date from=450 BCE | ||
|Date to=440 | |Date to=440 BCE | ||
|Period=Classical | |||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=17.2 | |Weight=17.2 | ||
|Denomination= | |Axis=11 | ||
|Denomination=tetradrachm | |||
|Standard=Attic | |Standard=Attic | ||
|Coin reference=Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, e and XIV, e) ; SNG ANS, | |Coin reference=Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, (pl. XIII, e and XIV, e) ; SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 63 | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Coin series reference=Jenkins 1970, group IV, 341-370.;SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 63. ; HGC 2, n° 343 | ||
|Overstruck mint= | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gela.jenkins_1970.339-370 | ||
|Overstruck ancient region= | |Overstruck obverse description=Dyonisus, head r., wearing ivy wreath and himation, reclining on mule back l., holding cantharus with r. hand and resting l. on the animal’s side | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΜΕΝ − ΔΑ − ΙΟ − Ν | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Linear square containing four palmettes in saltire with a star in the centre; all within incuse square | |||
|Overstruck mint=Mende | |||
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | |||
|Overstruck date from=460 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=423 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Classical | |||
|Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm | |||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mende.noe_1926.20-68.70-71 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
|Remarks="Gela over Mende" | |||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 08:49, 2 August 2023
450 BCE - 440 BCE | CELAΣ
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | New York, American Numismatic Society, 1959.126.1 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | B. Y. Berry collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning the horses with wreath. In exergue, palmette with tendrils. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | CELAΣ (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Gela | 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.
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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: 17.217.2 g <br />17,200 mg <br /> | 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.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, (pl. XIII, e and XIV, e), SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 63 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, group IV, 341-370., SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 63., HGC 23HGC 2, n° 343 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Dyonisus, head r., wearing ivy wreath and himation, reclining on mule back l., holding cantharus with r. hand and resting l. on the animal’s side | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΜΕΝ − ΔΑ − ΙΟ − Ν (Greek) Linear square containing four palmettes in saltire with a star in the centre, all within incuse square |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Mende | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 423 BCE | 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: | tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | |||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Gela over Mende" | ||
References
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
- ^ 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.
