2078 - Catana (tetradrachm) (man-faced bull/Nike) over Naxos (Dionysus/Silenus) (Spink America. A Member of the Christie's Group. New York City, May 1995, 46): Difference between revisions
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|Sale=Spink America. A Member of the Christie's Group. New York City, 03 May 1995, 46. | |Sale=Spink America. A Member of the Christie's Group. New York City, 03 May 1995, 46. | ||
|Obverse description=Man-faced bull (river-god Amenanos) right. Above, Nike flying to right with wreath. Border of dots. | |Obverse description=Man-faced bull (river-god Amenanos) right. Above, Nike flying to right with wreath. Border of dots. | ||
Revision as of 10:11, 19 July 2023
461 BCE - 445 BCE | KATANAIOΣ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Spink America. A Member of the Christie's Group. New York City, 03 May 1995, 46. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Man-faced bull (river-god Amenanos) right. Above, Nike flying to right with wreath. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KATANAIOΣ (Greek) Nike advancing left, wearing long pleated peplos, holding taenia in her outstretched right hand, aphlastron in left. In left field, K. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Catana | 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. 461 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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Vagi 1995, p. 24-26, Arnold-Biucchi 1996, p. 49-57 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG ANS 3 Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1235, Arnold-Biucchi 19902Arnold-Biucchi 1990, n° 70-72, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 563 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysos right, weraing a ivy wreath. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | NAXION (Greek) Silene seated. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Naxos | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | 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. 461 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.
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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: | Cahn 19444Cahn 1944, n° 54, SNG ANS 4 Sicily5SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 515-9, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 983 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ SNG ANS 3 Sicily
- ^ Arniold-Biucchi, Carmen (1990), The Randazzo hoard 1980 and Sicilian chronology in the early fifth century B.C., Numismatic Studies 18, New York, 77 p., 20 pl.
- a b 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.
- ^ Cahn, Herbert A. (1944), Die Münzen der sizilischen Stadt Naxos. Ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte des griechischen Westens, Basel, 168 p., XII pl.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
