412 BCE - 400 BCEΣΕΓΕΣΤΑZIB
Overstriking coin
SO 128 - Segesta over Camarina.jpg [Noe 1957, pl. XIIIj]
Overstruck variety
SO 128 - Segesta over Camarina overstruck variety.jpg
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΣΕΓΕΣΤΑZIB (Greek) Hound left. In the background, three grain ears.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Diademed head of Aigeste to right, wearing decorated sphendone, within shallow circular incuse
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Segesta
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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. 412 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 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: 8.508.5 g <br />8,500 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Noe 1957, Group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, j, Egger XLV, 324, Garraffo 1984, p. 137, n° 6, pl. XVIII, n° 14
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Noe 19571Noe 1957, Group IX, p. 37, pl. XIII, j, Garraffo 19842Garraffo 1984, p. 137, n° 6, pl. XVIII, n° 14, Hurter 20083Hurter 2008, n° 195-196, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 1152
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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KAMA – P – INAIO – N (Greek) The nymph Camarina, with head l., dressed in low-necked chiton leaving the breast partly bare and with crossed legs, riding on swan l. over curved waves. She clasps with l. hand the swan's neck while r. holds billowing chiton, in field, two fishes swimming upwards
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΙΠΠΑ – PΙ – Σ retrograde (Greek) Head of the river-god Hipparis l., flanked by two fishes swimming upwards
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Camarina
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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. 415 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 405 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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didrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
References
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
- ^ Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
- ^ Hurter, Silvia (2008), Die Didrachmenprägung von Segesta (mit einem Anhang der Hybriden, Teilstücke und Tetradrachmen sowie mit einem Überblick über die Bronzeprägung), Schweizer Studien zur Numismatik 1, Bern, 2008, 235 p., 27 cm
- a b 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.
- ^ Westermark, Ulla - Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1980), The Coinage of Kamarina, RNS 9, Londres, 283 p., 40 pl.
