1948 - Himera (drachm) (rooster/incuse square) over Himera (rooster/incuse square) (Gorny & Mosch, 253, March 2018, 59)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1948

530 - 520

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch 253 (05/03/2018), no. 59.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Rooster left. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Incuse square with mill-sail pattern enclosed within segmented linear border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Himera

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (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. 530 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 520

Classic periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.815.81 g <br />5,810 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Drachma
		StandardStandard.: Euboic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Kraay 19711Kraay 1971, groups Ib and III-IVb, 81 (O60/R52), O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 421

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Rooster left. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Himera

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Magna Graecia (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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

drachma

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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