2131 - Rhegium (tetradrachm lion/Iocastus) over Athens (Athena/owl) (London, BM, 1946-1-1.678)
From SILVER
450 - 445 | RECINO
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, 1946,0101.678 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Lloyd collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of lion facing. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | RECINO Iokastos seating left, holding staff, within oliv wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rhegium | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Calabria) | 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. 450 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 445 | 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: 16,9",9" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm | |
StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | S. P. Noe, "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7 (1957), p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VIII, p. 35, k)., Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume II, Lloyd Collection Volume I - II: Etruria to Thurium, London, 1933, no. 678. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)1 , O. D. Hoover2 |
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: | Athens | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Attica | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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: | ||
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