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Latest revision as of 19:43, 1 May 2024
450 BCE - 440 BCE | CEΛΑΣ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | New York Sign. 3021, 06 Jan. 2013, 21470 ; Seaby Numismatic Bulletin, June 1966, A448. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Norman Davis collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning the horses with wreath. In exergue, palmette with tendrils. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | CEΛΑΣ (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) to right. |
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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 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: 17.2117.21 g <br />17,210 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, group IV, n° 341-370 (O68/R140)., SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 63., HGC 23HGC 2, n° 343 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bearded man-faced bull charging right. Palmette in exergue. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KATANAION (Greek) Nike advancing left, holding Tainan and wreath. |
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. 460 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
| 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: | SNG ANS 3 Sicily4SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1236, Arnold-Biucchi 19905Arnold-Biucchi 1990, n° 74-6, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 565 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Catana" | ||
References
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 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.
- ^ 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.
