440 BCE - 430 BCE | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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| Museum collectionMuseum collection:
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New York, American Numismatic Society, 1954.12.1
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Santamaria, 12 Oct. 1949, 338 (Magnaguti)
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Charioteer driving quadriga right, holding reins. Above, Nike flying right, crowning the horses with wreath.In exergue, Ketos. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ (Greek) Head of Arethusa right, wearing sphendone. Around, 4 dolphins.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Syracuse
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 440 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.8516.85 g <br />16,850 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 29.329.3 mm <br />2.93 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Boehringer 1929, n° 586.8, Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, m, SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 189, Garraffo 1984, p. 138, n° 2, pl. XVIII, n° 16
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Boehringer 19291Boehringer 1929, n° 585-590 and 592-594, Noe 19572Noe 1957, group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, m, SNG ANS 5 Sicily3SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 189, Garraffo 19844Garraffo 1984, p. 138, n° 2, pl. XVIII, n° 16, HGC 25HGC 2, n° 1313
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Slow quadriga r., the driver, wearing long, sleeveless chiton, holding the reins with both hands, kentron in his r. hand.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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KATANAI - O-N (Greek) Head of Apollo r., the long hair tied up in a laurel wreath in the back of the head.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Catana
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
References
- ^ Boehringer, Erich (1929), Die Münzen von Syrakus, Berlin-Leipzig, vi, [2], 297 p. : ill. and portfolio of 32 pl. ; 28 cm
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
- ^ Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
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