1985 - Gela (tetradrachm) (quadriga/man-headed bull) over Mende (Dionysus/incuse square) (New York, ANS, 1959.126.1)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1985


450 BCE - 440 BCE | CELAΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_123_-_Gela_(tetradrachm).png [1]
Overstruck variety
Mende_tetradrachm.jpg [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: New York, American Numismatic Society, 1959.126.1
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : B. Y. Berry collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding kentron and reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning the horses with wreath. In exergue, palmette with tendrils. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: CELAΣ (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull (the river-god Gelas) right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Gela 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 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.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.217.2 g <br />17,200 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, (pl. XIII, e and XIV, e), SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 63 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, group IV, 341-370., SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 63., HGC 23HGC 2, n° 343
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Dyonisus, head r., wearing ivy wreath and himation, reclining on mule back l., holding cantharus with r. hand and resting l. on the animal’s side ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΜΕΝ − ΔΑ − ΙΟ − Ν (Greek) Linear square containing four palmettes in saltire with a star in the centre, all within incuse square
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Mende Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece 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. 460 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 423 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetradrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Gela over Mende"

References

  1. ^  Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
  2. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
  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.