2231 - Centuripae (AE Kore/panther) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Künker, 288, March 2017, 66)
From SILVER
400 - 380 | ΚΕΝΤΟΡΙΠΙΝΩΝ
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Künker 288 (13/03/2017), no. 66 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Kore left, wearing grain wreath, surrounded by four dolphins. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΚΕΝΤΟΡΙΠΙΝΩΝ Panther left. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Kentoripai | 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. 400 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 380 | classical 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: 29.7729.77 g <br />29,770 mg <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. III, p. 165-169, no. 1-2/4, 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. 638 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑ Head of "Athena" left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath (visible on obverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on reverse: starfish). |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | Modern countryModern country: Italy | 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. 425 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: | Calciati3Calciati, CNS, vol. 2, p. 109-133, no. 62 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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