2078 - Catana (tetradrachm) (man-faced bull/Nike) over Naxos (Dionysus/Silenus) (Spink America. A Member of the Christie's Group. New York City, May 1995, 46)
From SILVER
461 - 445 | KATANAIOΣ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Spink America. A Member of the Christie's Group. New York City (03/05/1995), no. 46. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Man-faced bull (river-god Amenanos) right. Above, Nike flying to right with wreath. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KATANAIOΣ Nike advancing left, wearing long pleated peplos, holding taenia in her outstretched right hand, aphlastron in left. In left field, K. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Catana | 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. 461 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 445 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm | ||
| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | C. Arnold-Biucchi, “Riconiazioni siciliane”, Numismatica e Antichità Classiche 25 (1996), p. 49-57., D. L. Vagi, "A previously unknown overstrike of Katane and Naxos", SAN 19/1 (1995), p. 24-26. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Randazzo1Randazzo, 70-72, O. D. Hoover2O. 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. 563 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysos right, weraing a ivy wreath. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | NAXION Silene seated. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Naxos | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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