1702 - Segesta (didrachm hound/Aigiste) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Gorny & Mosch, 215, Oct. 2013, 683)

From SILVER


412 BCE - 400 BCE | ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑZIB

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 118 - Segesta (AR didrachm) over Corinth.png [1]
Overstruck variety
Corinth Athena incuse square.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Gorny & Mosch, 215, 14 Oct. 2013, 683.

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Hound left. In the background, three grain ears. Reverse: ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑZIB (Greek) Head of nymph Aigiste right, wearing sphendone.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Segesta Ancient region Sicily Modern country: Italy Authority:
Chronology
From 412 BCE to 400 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 8.438.43 g <br />8,430 mg <br /> Denomination: didrachm Nomisma.org
Standard: Attic
References
Coin reference: Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Hurter 2008, n° 195-196, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 1152 var. (hound left)
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Head of Athena, wearing a Corinthian helmet, within incuse square (visible on reverse) Reverse: Pegasus (visible on obverse)
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Corinth Ancient region ᵖ Peloponnesus Modern country: Greece Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From 450 BCE to 400 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Denomination ᵖ: didrachm Nomisma.org Standard ᵖ: Aeginetic
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Ravel 1936, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 4, n° 1831
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidence: sure
Remarks: "Das Untergepräge ist ein Stater korinthischen Typs"

References

  1. ^  Hurter, Silvia (2008), Die Didrachmenprägung von Segesta (mit einem Anhang der Hybriden, Teilstücke und Tetradrachmen sowie mit einem Überblick über die Bronzeprägung), Schweizer Studien zur Numismatik 1, Bern, 2008, 235 p., 27 cm
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
  3. ^  Ravel, Oscar E (1936), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome I: de 650 à 415 J.-C., Basel.
  4. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.