1948 - Himera (drachm) (rooster/incuse square) over Himera (rooster/incuse square) (Gorny & Mosch, 253, March 2018, 59)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1948


530 - 520

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Gorny & Mosch 253 (05/03/2018), no. 59.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Rooster left. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Incuse square with mill-sail pattern enclosed within segmented linear border.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Himera 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. 530 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 520 Classic 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: 5.815.81 g <br />5,810 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Drachma
StandardStandard.: Euboic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Kraay 19711Kraay 1971, groups Ib and III-IVb, 81 (O60/R52), O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 421

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Rooster left. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Himera Ancient regionAncient region.  Magna Graecia (Sicily) Modern countryModern country: Italy 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
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : drachma Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Kraay, Colin M (1971), "The archaic coinage of Himera", in: La monetazione arcaica di Himera fino al 472 A.C., Rome, Istituto italiano di numismatica (Supplement: Annali Vol. 16/17, 1971), p. 3-14, pl. 1
  2. ^ O. D. Hoover