2004 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Ambracia (Pegasus/Athena) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 696)
From SILVER
475 - 425
Images
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, de Luynes 696 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | 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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 | 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: 7.97.9 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: | S. P. Noe, "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7 (1957), p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VI, p. 30, pl. X, j), J. Babelon, Catalogue de la collection de Luynes : monnaies grecques, Paris, 1924-1936, no. 696. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)1N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, unlisted variety, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC. - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1, Lancaster-London, 2018, 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. ᵖ: | Ambracia | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Epirus | 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: | Raven3Raven, no 8-9 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
