2131 - Rhegium (tetradrachm lion/Iocastus) over Athens (Athena/owl) (London, BM, 1946-1-1.678)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2131

450 BCE - 445 BCE | RECINO

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1195 - Rhegium (AR tetradrachm) over Athens.jpeg

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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 445 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

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: 16.9016.9 g <br />16,900 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Noe 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:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 2477., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1633.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2477-2478

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:
RemarksRemarks:

References

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