20948 - Catana (tetradrachm biga/Apollo) over uncertain mint (Garraffo, XVI, 7)

From SILVER


445 BCE - 435 BCE | KATANAIOΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Catana_20945_Hamburger.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Hamburger, 98, 3 Apr. 1933, 170

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Charioteer driving quadriga to right, holding kentron and reins. Above, Nike flying to right, crowning horses with wreath. Reverse: KATANAIOΣ (Greek) Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Catana Ancient region Sicily Modern country: Italy Authority:
Chronology
From 445 BCE to 435 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 16.9916.99 g <br />16,990 mg <br /> Denomination: tetradrachm Nomisma.org
Standard: Attic
References
Coin reference: Garraffo 1984, p. 132, n 2, pl. XVI, n° 7 Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Garraffo 1984, p. 132, n 2, pl. XVI, n° 7, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1249, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1247-1251, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 2, n° 567
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Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Reverse:
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Ancient region ᵖ Modern country: Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From to period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidence:
Remarks: "le tracce di un grosso circolo perlinato"

References

  1. ^  Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
  2. a b SNG ANS 3 Sicily 
  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.