2004 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Ambracia (Pegasus/Athena) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 696)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2004


475 BCE - 425 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1292 - Caulonia over Ambracia.png [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, de Luynes 696
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : de Luynes collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Apollo stranding right, holding laurel branch. In eft field, bird (?). In right field, stag right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Stag runing right. Linear border.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Caulonia 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. 475 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.907.9 g <br />7,900 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater (Rutter) / tridrachm (Hoover)
StandardStandard.: Achaian (Hoover)
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VI, p. 30, pl. X, j), Babelon 1924, n° 696 (https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41745303q) Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HN Italy1HN Italy, unlisted variety, HGC 12HGC 1, unlisted variety

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. : Ambracia Ancient regionAncient region.  Epirus Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 : Raven3Raven, no 8-9
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  2. ^  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
  3. ^ Raven