3167 - Gela (tetradrachm quadriga/man-faced bull) over uncertain type (NAC, 96, Oct. 2016, 1015)
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|Sale=Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3061, 07 Jan. 2018, 32007 ; 51 Gallery, Oct. 2014, 13 ; Kricheldorf, 23, 1971, 11. | |Sale=Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3061, 07 Jan. 2018, 32007 ; 51 Gallery, Oct. 2014, 13 ; Kricheldorf, 23, 1971, 11. | ||
|Obverse description=Charioteer driving racing quadriga left, holding kentron and reins. Above, eagle flying left. in exergue, grain ear. | |Obverse description=Charioteer driving racing quadriga left, holding kentron and reins. Above, eagle flying left. in exergue, grain ear. |
Revision as of 11:03, 2 August 2023
415 BCE - 405 BCE | ΓEΛΑΣ
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Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3061, 07 Jan. 2018, 32007 ; 51 Gallery, Oct. 2014, 13 ; Kricheldorf, 23, 1971, 11. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Charioteer driving racing quadriga left, holding kentron and reins. Above, eagle flying left. in exergue, grain ear. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΓEΛΑΣ (Greek) Forepart of man-faced bull (river-god Gelas) to right. Above, barley grain. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Gela | 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. 415 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 405 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: 17.1917.19 g <br />17,190 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm ![]() |
AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, group IX, n° 484 (same dies) and 486-487, SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 100 (same dies), HGC 23HGC 2, n° 359 | |
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. 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. 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 ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on an earlier coin, with traces of undertype" |
References
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
- ^ 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.