2161 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Gela (man-faced bull/horseman) (MacDonald coll., 27)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2161

480 - 430ϘPO

Images

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ϘPO Tripod. In left field, marsh-bird standing right. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Tripod. Hatching border (incuse)

Mint and issuing power

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

Croton

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (Bruttium)

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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430

Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.957.95 g <br />7,950 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater (Rutter), tridrachm/nomos (Hoover)	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
		StandardStandard.: Achaian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 38, no. 27.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, no. 258-278., N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)2N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 2102, 2104 and 2106, O. D. Hoover3O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC. - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1, Lancaster-London, 2018, no. 1449

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΓΕΛΑ Forepart of man-headed bull right (visible on obverse: termination of forepart, portions of both forelegs, separation between shoulder and neck, top of neck, trace of face visible under magnification).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horseman riding right, holding spear (visible on reverse: horse's head, other vague traces).

Mint and issuing power

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

Gela

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Magna Graecia (Sicily)

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. 490 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:

Jenkins4Jenkins, Gela, p. 162, group 1

Additional data

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