2163 - Hipana (AE Astragalus/bull) over Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint) (head/horse) (Bertolami, EA 68, March 2019, 176)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2163


317 - 300 | ΙΠΑ

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, EA 68 (16/03/2019), no. 176

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Astragalus. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΙΠΑ Ox standing left. Above, grain ear.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Hipana 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. 317 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 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: 4.654.65 g <br />4,650 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: R. Calciati1R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. I, p. 241-242, no. 1-1/17, 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. 496

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: visible on obverse: head left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: 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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ R. Calciati 
  2. ^ O. D. Hoover