2304 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Rhegium (lion/Apollo) (Gemini, 6, Jan. 2010, 16)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2304

410 BCE - 368 BCE | KAMΠΑΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_133_-_Entella_(drachm).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Rhegium_HN_Italy_2497.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gemini, 6, 10 Jan. 2010, 16.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Horse galloping right, over corn grain.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KAMΠΑΝΩΝ (Greek) Campanian helmet left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Entella

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:

Campanian mercenaries

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 410 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 368 BCE

Classic 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: 3.983.98 g <br />3,980 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Lee 20001Lee 2000, n° 1-7, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 243
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/entella.lee 2000.1-12

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Lion scalp facing

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

PHΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Head of Apollo

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bruttium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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. 415 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 387 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

drachma

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Herzfelder 19573Herzfelder 1957, p. 121-7, type 105-114, SNG ANS 3 Sicily4SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 666-7, HN Italy5HN Italy, n° 2497
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2496-2497

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Clearly overstruck on a drachm of Rhegium (of Herzfelder type 105-116). This coin is possibly the only one overstruck on thist type"

References

^ Lee, Ian (2000), "Entella: The Silver Coinage of the Campanian Mercenaries and the Site of the First Carthaginian Mint 410-409 BC", Numismatic Chronicle, 160, p. 1-66, pl. 1-3.
^ 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.
^ Herzfelder, Hubert (1957), Les monnaies d’argent de Rhégion frappées entre 461 et le milieu du IVe siècle av. J.-C., Paris, 1957, 154 p., 20 pl.
^ SNG ANS 3 Sicily
^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.

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 |Overstruck date to=387 BCE
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-|Remarks=This coin is possibly the only one overstruck on this type.
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+|Remarks="Clearly overstruck on a drachm of Rhegium (of Herzfelder type 105-116). This coin is possibly the only one overstruck on thist type"
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