2218 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Acanthus (bull & lion/incuse square) (Spink, 5014, Sept. 2005, 17): Difference between revisions

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2218

480 BCE - 430 BCEϘPO | ϘPO

Images

Overstriking coin

Croton 1382 Spink.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Acanthus bull lion 470 BCE.jpeg [2]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Spink, 5014, 28 sept. 2005, 17

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ϘPO (Greek) Tripod. In right field, marsh-bird standing left. Decorated border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ϘPO (Greek) Tripod. Hatching border (incuse)

Mint and issuing power

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

Croton

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bruttium

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. 480 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.018.01 g <br />8,010 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Toderi 1973, 4, n° 119, Garraffo 1989, p. 59-67 (p. 60, no. 1a and pl. 71, 2)	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Toderi 19731Toderi 1973, 4, n° 119, Garraffo 19892Garraffo 1989, p. 59-67 (p. 60, no. 1a and pl. 71, 2), HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 2102, 2104 and 2106, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1449
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/croton.hn italy.2100-07

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bull collapsing to left, attacked and mauled by lion upon his back to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Quadripartite incuse square

Mint and issuing power

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

Acanthus

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. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

didrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Regling 1906a5Regling 1906a, n° 537

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	(visible on obverse: inferior part of circle, posterior part of bull attaked by a lion); (nb: the coin sold by Spink in 2005 is supposed to belong to the MAN in Florence...)

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+|Image overstriking coin=Croton 1382 Spink.jpg
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=138473&AucID=164&Lot=17
 |Image overstruck variety=Acanthus bull lion 470 BCE.jpeg
 |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2227508&AucID=5405&Lot=219
-|Museum collection=Florence, Museum
+|Museum collection=Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale
+|Sale=Spink, 5014, 28 sept. 2005, 17
 |Obverse legend=ϘPO
 |Obverse legend language=Greek
@@ Line 11: / Line 13: @@
 |Reverse description=Tripod. Hatching border (incuse)
 |Mint=Croton
-|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Bruttium)
+|Ancient region=Bruttium
 |Date from=480 BCE
 |Date to=430 BCE
 |Period=Classical
 |Metal=Silver
-|Denomination=stater (Rutter) ; tridrachm/nomos (Hoover)
+|Weight=8.01
-|Standard=Achaian (Hoover)
+|Denomination=nomos
+|Standard=Achaian
 |Coin reference=Toderi 1973, 4, n° 119 ; Garraffo 1989, p. 59-67 (p. 60, no. 1a and pl. 71, 2)
-|Coin series reference=SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 3. Bruttium - Sicily 1 (Abacaenum-Eryx), New York, 1975, n° 262. ; HN Italy, n° 2102, 2104 and 2106 ; HGC 1, n° 1449
+|Coin series reference=Toderi 1973, 4, n° 119 ; Garraffo 1989, p. 59-67 (p. 60, no. 1a and pl. 71, 2) ; HN Italy, n° 2102, 2104 and 2106 ; HGC 1, n° 1449
 |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/croton.hn_italy.2100-07
-|Overstruck obverse description=(visible on obverse: inferior part of circle, posterior part of bull attaked by a lion)
+|Overstruck obverse description=Bull collapsing to left, attacked and mauled by lion upon his back to right
+|Overstruck reverse description=Quadripartite incuse square
 |Overstruck mint=Acanthus
 |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
-|Overstruck denomination=Tetradrachm
+|Overstruck date from=500 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=430 BCE
+|Overstruck denomination=didrachm
 |Coin series reference overstruck=Regling 1906a, n° 537
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
+|Level of confidence=strong
+|Remarks=(visible on obverse: inferior part of circle, posterior part of bull attaked by a lion); (nb: the coin sold by Spink in 2005 is supposed to belong to the MAN in Florence...)
 }}