1915 - Nuceria Alfaterna (nomos Apollo/Dioscurus) over uncertain type (Numismatica Ars Classica, 46, Apr. 2008, 780)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1915

250 BCE - 225 BCElocal alphabet

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1207 - Nuceria Alfaterna over uncertain mint.png [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, 46, 2 Apr. 2008, 780 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 59, 4 Apr. 2011, 1535

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

local alphabet Head of Apollo Carneios left. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Dioscurus standing left, holding spear and reins of his horse, standing behind him.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Nuceria Alfaterna

Ancient regionAncient region.

Campania

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. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 225 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.287.28 g <br />7,280 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Campanian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 2 Lucania1SNG ANS 2 Lucania, n° 560, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 608, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 497
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/nuceria alfaterna.hn italy.608

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:

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"minor traces of over-striking, otherwise (double strike?)"

References

^ Troxell, Hyla S. (1972), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 2. Lucania, New York
^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm