19722 - Aetna (AE river-god/star) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 504, Nov. 2021, 3)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 19722


345 BCE - 337 BCEAΛAIΣINΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Aetna_2585_CNG.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 504, 17 Nov. 2021, 3 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 555, 7 Feb. 2024, 34

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: AΛAIΣINΩN (Greek) Head of horned river-god to right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Eight-rayed star
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Aetna Ancient regionAncient region. 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: Campanian mercenaries
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 345 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 337 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.334.33 g <br />4,330 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 15.515.5 mm <br />1.55 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 337, n° 1 OS, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1306, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 181
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck (possibly on uncertain Carthaginian issue)"

References

  1. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  2. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
  3. ^  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.