445 BCE - 435 BCE | KATANAIOΣ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
2566 - Catana (tetradrachm).jpg
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| Museum collectionMuseum collection:
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Siracusa, Museo Archeologico, Gagfliardi coll., inv. 68921
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Charioteer driving quadriga to right, holding kentron and reins. Above, Nike flying to right, crowning horses with wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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KATANAIOΣ (Greek) Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Catana
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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. 445 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 435 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: 17.1017.1 g <br />17,100 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Garraffo 1984, p. 132, n 2, pl. XVI, n° 6
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Garraffo 19841Garraffo 1984, p. 132, n 2, pl. XVI, n° 6, SNG ANS 3 Sicily2SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1249, SNG ANS 3 Sicily2SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1247-1251, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 567
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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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Man-faced bull (river-god Amenanos) right. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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KATANE or KATANAION (Greek) Nike advancing left, wearing long pleated peplos, holding taenia in her outstretched right hand. Border of dots.
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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. 461 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 445 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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References
References
- ^ Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
- a b c SNG ANS 3 Sicily
- 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.
- ^ Arniold-Biucchi, Carmen (1990), The Randazzo hoard 1980 and Sicilian chronology in the early fifth century B.C., Numismatic Studies 18, New York, 77 p., 20 pl.
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