2163 - Hipana (AE Astragalus/bull) over Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint) (head/horse) (Bertolami, EA 68, March 2019, 176)
From SILVER
344 BCE - 317 BCE | ΙΠΑ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, EA 68, 16 March 2019, 176 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Astragalus. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΙΠΑ (Greek) Bull charging left. Barbeycorn above. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Hipana | 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. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 BCE | Classical and Hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze 
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.654.65 g <br />4,650 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination C | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19831Calciati 1983, p. 241-242, n° 1-1/17, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 496, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 266, n° 120 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | visible on obverse: head left | 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: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1983), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 1, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
