2593 - Gela (didrachm) (horseman/man-headed bull) over uncertain type (Artemide Asta Numismatica, Oct. 2016, 180)
From SILVER
490 - 475 | CEΛΑ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Artemide Asta Numismatica (22/10/2016), no. 180. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Nude horseman riding right, brandishing spear. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | CEΛΑ 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. | 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. 490 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 475 | Classic 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: 7.737.73 g <br />7,730 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Didrachm | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 22.522.5 mm <br />2.25 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 256., G. K. Jenkins2G. K. Jenkins, The Coinage of Gela, Berlin, 1970, group I, no. 1-15 (8: O5/R4)., O. D. Hoover3O. 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. 362 |
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
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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