2657 - Rhegium (tetradrachm lion/Iocastus) over Athens (Athena/owl) (Berlin, MK - Noe 1957, p. 35, m)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2657

450 BCE - 445 BCE | RECINON (?)

Images

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen?	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Egger XL (02/05/1912), lot 277.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of lion facing. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

RECINON (?) Iokastos seating left, holding stick, within oliv wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (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: 16.9516.95 g <br />16,950 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VIII, p. 35, m).	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 2477., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1633.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2477-2478

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Athens

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Attica

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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