460 BCE - 430 BCE | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
Overstriking coin
Syracuse_over_Catana_Leu.jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga to right, Nike flying above to right, ketos in exergue
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Arethusa to right, wearing sphendone. Four dolphins around
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Syracuse
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Garraffo 1984, p. 138, n° 1, pl. XVIII, n° 15
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Boehringer 19291Boehringer 1929, n° 585-590 and 592-594, Garraffo 19842Garraffo 1984, p. 138, n° 1, pl. XVIII, n° 15, SNG ANS 5 Sicily3SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 183-192, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 1313
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Slow quadriga r., the driver, wearing long, sleeveless chiton, holding the reins with both hands, kentron in his r. hand.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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KATANAI - O-N (Greek) Head of Apollo r., the long hair tied up in a laurel wreath in the back of the head.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Catana
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
