1824 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Catana (quadriga/Amenanos) (Cambridge, FM, McClean coll. 2231)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1824

410 BCE - 368 BCE | KAMΠΑΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	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
		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:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/entella.lee 2000.1-12

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head left (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Quadriga (visible on reverse)

Mint and issuing power

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

Entella

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. 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:

drachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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.
^ 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.