19094 - Neapolis (AE Apollo/Achelous) over Suessa (Minerva/cock) (Ignarra 1770, p. 249)
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|Image overstriking coin=Neapolis_2532_Ignarra.jpg | |Image overstriking coin=Neapolis_2532_Ignarra.jpg | ||
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| − | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID= | + | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2160434&AucID=5203&Lot=14 |
|Private collection=Niccolò Ignarra, Commentarius de Palaestra Neapolitana, Naples, 1770, ad. p. 249 | |Private collection=Niccolò Ignarra, Commentarius de Palaestra Neapolitana, Naples, 1770, ad. p. 249 | ||
|Obverse description=Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. | |Obverse description=Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. | ||
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|Coin series reference=Ignarra 1770, p. 249; HN Italy, n° 589 ; HGC 1, n° 474 | |Coin series reference=Ignarra 1770, p. 249; HN Italy, n° 589 ; HGC 1, n° 474 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/neapolis_campania.hn_italy.589 | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/neapolis_campania.hn_italy.589 | ||
| − | |Overstruck obverse description= | + | |Overstruck obverse description=Helmeted head of Minerva l. |
|Overstruck reverse legend=SVESANO | |Overstruck reverse legend=SVESANO | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Latin | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Latin | ||
| − | |Overstruck reverse description= | + | |Overstruck reverse description=Cock standing r.; star to upper l. |
|Overstruck mint=Suessa Aurunca | |Overstruck mint=Suessa Aurunca | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Campania | |Overstruck ancient region=Campania | ||
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|Overstruck date to=240 BCE | |Overstruck date to=240 BCE | ||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
| − | |Coin series reference overstruck=HN Italy, n° | + | |Coin series reference overstruck=HN Italy, n° 449; HGC 1, n° 510 |
| − | |Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/suessa_aurunca.hn_italy. | + | |Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/suessa_aurunca.hn_italy.449 |
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | ||
|Level of confidence=sure | |Level of confidence=sure | ||
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Revision as of 21:34, 9 July 2023
275 BCE - 250 BCE | NEOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
Neapolis_2532_Ignarra.jpg
Overstruck variety
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Suessa_Minerva_cock_(overstruck).jpg [1]
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Niccolò Ignarra, Commentarius de Palaestra Neapolitana, Naples, 1770, ad. p. 249 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | NEOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Man headed bull (Achelous) right, crowed by a flying Nike. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Neapolis | Ancient regionAncient region. | Campania | 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. 275 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Ignarra 17701Ignarra 1770, p. 249, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 589, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 474 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Minerva l. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | SVESANO (Latin) Cock standing r., star to upper l. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Suessa Aurunca | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Campania | 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. 265 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 240 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 449, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 510 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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References
- ^ Ignarra, Niccolò (1770), Commentarius de Palaestra Neapolitana, Naples
- a b Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
