2629 - Siculo-Punic (tetradrachm Persephone/horse) over uncertain type (Triton, 10, Jan. 2007, 64)
From SILVER
350 - 315
Images
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Triton 10 (09/01/2007), no. 64. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Persephone or Arethusa left, wearing earring, necklace and barley-ear wreath. Below chin, shell. Around, 4 dolphins. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse standing right, palm tree behind. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Entella | 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: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 350 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 315 | 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: 16.8316.83 g <br />16,830 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm ![]() |
AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 4 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | G. K. Jenkins1G. K. Jenkins, Coins of Punic Sicily, Zürich, 1997, 134 (O45/R120’)., 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. 282 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head ? (visible on reverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm ![]() |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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