1702 - Segesta (didrachm hound/Aigiste) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Gorny & Mosch, 215, Oct. 2013, 683)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1702

412 BCE - 400 BCE | ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑZIB

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 118 - Segesta (AR didrachm) over Corinth.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Corinth Athena incuse square.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 215, 14 Oct. 2013, 683.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Hound left. In the background, three grain ears.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑZIB (Greek) Head of nymph Aigiste right, wearing sphendone.

Mint and issuing power

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

Segesta

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. 412 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 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: 8.438.43 g <br />8,430 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Hurter 20081Hurter 2008, n° 195-196, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1152 var. (hound left)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/segesta.hurter 2008.187-196

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena, wearing a Corinthian helmet, within incuse square (visible on reverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Pegasus (visible on obverse)

Mint and issuing power

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

Corinth

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Peloponnesus

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:

didrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Ravel 19363Ravel 1936, HGC 44HGC 4, n° 1831
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period ii.class 1-3

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: