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|Coin series reference=Lee 2000, n° 1-7 ; HGC 2, n° 243 | |Coin series reference=Lee 2000, n° 1-7 ; HGC 2, n° 243 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/entella.lee_2000.1-12 | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/entella.lee_2000.1-12 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description= | |Overstruck obverse description=Female charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping quadriga to right; above, Nike flying to left, crowning charioteer with wreath held in outstretched arms | ||
|Overstruck reverse description= | |Overstruck reverse legend=AMENANOΣ above | ||
|Overstruck mint= | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Horned head of the river-god Amenanos to left, wearing tainia; crayfish and two dolphins around | |||
|Overstruck mint=Catana | |||
|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily | |Overstruck ancient region=Sicily | ||
|Overstruck denomination= | |Overstruck date from=405 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to=403 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Classical | |||
|Overstruck denomination=drachma | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=HGC 2, n° 582 | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.sng_ans_3.1263 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
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410 BCE - 368 BCE | KAMΠΑΝΩΝ
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.MC.2231-R | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | McClean collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Horse galloping right, over corn grain. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KAMΠΑΝΩΝ (Greek) Campanian helmet left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Entella | Ancient regionAncient region. | 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. 410 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 368 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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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.933.93 g <br />3,930 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group IX, p. 37, d)., Grose 1979, p. 262, n° 2230 and pl. 72, n° 3. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Lee 20001Lee 2000, n° 1-7, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 243 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Female charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving galloping quadriga to right, above, Nike flying to left, crowning charioteer with wreath held in outstretched arms | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AMENANOΣ above (Greek) Horned head of the river-god Amenanos to left, wearing tainia, crayfish and two dolphins around |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Catana | 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. 405 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 403 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: | drachma
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 22HGC 2, n° 582 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Lee, Ian (2000), "Entella: The Silver Coinage of the Campanian Mercenaries and the Site of the First Carthaginian Mint 410-409 BC", Numismatic Chronicle, 160, p. 1-66, pl. 1-3.
- 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.
