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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2069

455 BCE - 430 BCE | ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_155_-_Leontini_(tetradrachm).jpg

Overstruck variety

155_Catana_(Apollo-quadriga).png

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, Nov. 2010, 78 ; Gorny & Mosch, 180, 12 Oct. 2009, 31.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΝ (Greek) Lion’s head with open jaw to left surrounded by four barley corns.

Mint and issuing power

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

Leontini

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. 455 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: 16.6816.68 g <br />16,680 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 234-6, Boehringer 19982Boehringer 1998, n° 51, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 668
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/leontini.boehringer 1998.33-47 51-53 55

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

KATANAION (Greek) Laureate head of Apollo to right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Chariotter right. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Catana

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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 465 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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:	SNG ANS 3 Sicily4SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1240-6, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 566
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.sng ans 3.1240-1246

Additional data

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

References

^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
^ Boehringer, Christof (1998), "Zur Muenzgeschichte von Leontinoi in klassischer Zeit", in: Ashton, Richard - Hurter, Silvia (eds), Studies in Greek numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, Spink, p.43-53.
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.
^ SNG ANS 3 Sicily

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 |Image overstriking coin=SO_155_-_Leontini_(tetradrachm).jpg
 |Image overstruck variety=155_Catana_(Apollo-quadriga).png
-|Sale=Gorny & Mosch (11/2010), no. 78 ; Gorny & Mosch 180 (12/10/2009), no. 31.
+|Sale=Gorny & Mosch, Nov. 2010, 78 ; Gorny & Mosch, 180, 12 Oct. 2009, 31.
 |Obverse description=Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=ΛΕΟΝΤΙΝΟΝ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Lion’s head with open jaw to left surrounded by four barley corns.
 |Mint=Leontini
 |Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
-|Date from=455
+|Date from=455 BCE
-|Date to=430
+|Date to=430 BCE
-|Period=Classic
+|Period=Classical
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=16.68
-|Denomination=Tetradrachm
+|Denomination=tetradrachm
 |Standard=Attic
-|Coin series reference=Boehringer 1998, no. 51;O. 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. 668
+|Coin series reference=SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 234-6 ; Boehringer 1998, n° 51 ; HGC 2, n° 668
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/leontini.boehringer_1998.33-47_51-53_55
 |Overstruck obverse legend=KATANAION
+|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck obverse description=Laureate head of Apollo to right.
 |Overstruck reverse description=Chariotter right. Border of dots.
 |Overstruck mint=Catana
 |Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
+|Overstruck date from=460 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=465 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
 |Overstruck denomination=tetradrachm
+|Overstruck standard=Attic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1240-6 ; HGC 2, n° 566
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.sng_ans_3.1240-1246
 }}