1824 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Catana (quadriga/Amenanos) (Cambridge, FM, McClean coll. 2231)
From SILVER
410 - 368 | KAMΠΑΝΩΝ
Images
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 Campanian helmet left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Entella | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 368 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | 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: | S. P. Noe, "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7 (1957), p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group IX, p. 37, d)., S. W. Grose, Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Volume I. Italy, Sicily, Macedon, Trace, and Thessaly, Chicago, 1979, p. 262, no. 2230 and pl. 72, no. 3. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 243 |
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 | Magna Graecia (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: | drachma 
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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
- ^ O. D. Hoover
