2369 - Rhegium (tetradrachm lion/Iocastus) over Messana (lion/calf) (Berlin, MK, Imhoof-Blumer coll.): Difference between revisions

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2369

450 BCE - 445 BCE | RECINON

Images

Overstruck variety

Messana_Lion_calf+.jpg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett,
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Imhoof-Blumer collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving biga of mules right, in exergue, olive leaf

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

RECINON (Greek) Hare springing right.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Calabria

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.. 445 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: 17.0017 g <br />17,000 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Imhoof-Blumer 1878, p. 143 = Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, n	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Imhoof-Blumer 18781Imhoof-Blumer 1878, p. 143 = Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, n, Caccamo Caltabiano 19932Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 102, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 2472, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1642
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2472-2474

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Lion's mask facing

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΜΕ – SSΕ –Ν – Ι – ΟΝ (Greek) Calf head l.

Mint and issuing power

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

Messana

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. 488 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 481 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 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:	Caccamo Caltabiano 19932Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 2.1
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano 1993.1-13

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Imhoof-Blumer, Friedrich (1878), "Griechische ueberpraegungen", Zeitschrift für Numismatik 5, p. 143-150.
a b Caccamo Caltabiano, Maria (1993), La monetazione di Messana. Con le emissioni di Rhegion dell’eta della tirannide, AMUGS XIII, Berlin-New York, xviii, 383 p., 94 pl.
^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm

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+|Museum collection=Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Münzkabinett,
 |Private collection=Imhoof-Blumer collection
+|Obverse description=Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving biga of mules right; in exergue, olive leaf
+|Reverse legend=RECINON
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
+|Reverse description=Hare springing right.
 |Mint=Rhegium
-|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Calabria)
+|Ancient region=Calabria
 |Date from=450 BCE
 |Date to=445 BCE
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 |Metal=Silver
 |Weight=17.00
+|Diameter=25
 |Denomination=tetradrachm
 |Standard=Attic
-|Coin reference=Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, n ; F. Imhoof-Blumer, "Griechische Überprägungen", Zeitschrif für Numismatik V (1878), p. 143-150 (p. 143).
+|Coin reference=Imhoof-Blumer 1878, p. 143 = Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, n
-|Coin series reference=HGC 1, n°
+|Coin series reference=Imhoof-Blumer 1878, p. 143 = Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, n; Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 102; HN Italy, n° 2472; HGC 1, n° 1642
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn_italy.2472-2474
+|Overstruck obverse description=Lion's mask facing
+|Overstruck reverse legend=ΜΕ – SSΕ –Ν – Ι – ΟΝ
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Calf head l.
 |Overstruck mint=Messana
 |Overstruck ancient region=Sicily
+|Overstruck date from=488 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=481 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Archaic
 |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
 |Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Caccamo Caltabiano 1993, n° 2.1
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.caltabiano_1993.1-13
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
 }}