1878 - Gela (tetradrachm biga/man-faced bull) over uncertain type (Savoca Coins Live Online Auction, 7, Feb. 2016, 58): Difference between revisions
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|Date from=420 BCE | |Date from=420 BCE | ||
|Date to=415 BCE | |Date to=415 BCE | ||
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|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
|Weight=17.06 | |Weight=17.06 | ||
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420 BCE - 415 BCE | CEΛΑΣ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Savoca Coins Live Online Auction, 7(#8), 28 Feb. 2016, 58. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Charioteer driving quadriga to right, wearing a long chiton, holding a kentron and the reins. Above, Nike flying right crowning the horses. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | CEΛΑΣ (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) to left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Gela | 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. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 415 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: 17.0617.06 g <br />17,060 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 91., Jenkins 19702Jenkins 1970, Group VIII, 469-73, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 355 | |
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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: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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: | tetradrachm
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck" (nb: possibly on Agrigentum) | ||
