19496 - Himera (drachm) (rooster/crab) over uncertain type (Vcoins, Nummiscorner, March 2023)

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|Image overstriking coin=2565_-_Himera_(rooster-crab).png
 
|Image overstriking coin=2565_-_Himera_(rooster-crab).png
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|Sale=Vcoins, Nummiscorner, March 2023
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|Obverse description=Rooster standing left
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|Reverse legend=HΙΜΕΡΑΙΟΝ
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|Reverse legend language=Greek
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|Reverse description=Crab
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|Mint=Himera
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|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
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|Date from=480 BCE
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|Date to=470 BCE
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|Period=Classical
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|Metal=Silver
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|Denomination=drachm
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|Standard=Attic
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|Coin series reference=Westemarck 1999, n° 108-125 ; HGC 2, n° 440
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|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/himera.hoover_2012_2.440
 
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Revision as of 11:08, 19 July 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 19496


480 BCE - 470 BCE | HΙΜΕΡΑΙΟΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
2565_-_Himera_(rooster-crab).png
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Vcoins, Nummiscorner, March 2023

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Rooster standing left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: HΙΜΕΡΑΙΟΝ (Greek) Crab
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Himera 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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachm
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Westemarck 19991Westemarck 1999, n° 108-125, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 440
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ Westemarck 1999 
  2. ^  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.