19496 - Himera (drachm) (rooster/crab) over uncertain type (Vcoins, Nummiscorner, March 2023)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 19496

480 BCE - 470 BCE | HΙΜΕΡΑΙΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Vcoins, Nummiscorner, March 2023

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Rooster standing left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

HΙΜΕΡΑΙΟΝ (Greek) Crab

Mint and issuing power

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

Himera

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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 153-4, Westermark 19992Westermark 1999, n° 108-125, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 440
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/himera.hoover 2012 2.440

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:

References

^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
^ Westermark, Ulla (1999), "Himera: the coins of Akragantine type. 2. Based on a catalogue by Kenneth Jenkins", in M. Amandry, S. Hurter and D. Bérend (eds.), Travaux de numismatique grecque offerts à Georges Le Rider, London, p. 409-34, pl. 45-50,
^ 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.