2215 - Entella (drachm horse/helmet) over Catana (Silenus/male head) (MacDonald coll., 31)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2215

410 BCE - 368 BCE | KAMΠΑΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 134 - Entella (drachm) over Catana.jpg

Overstruck variety

Catana Silenos 410 BCE.jpeg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

134 Catana (drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	MacDonald coll., n° 31

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Horse galloping right, over corn grain.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KAMΠΑΝΩΝ (Greek) Campanian helmet left.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Entella

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. 410 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 368 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.853.85 g <br />3,850 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 45, n° 31	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Lee 20001Lee 2000, n° 1-7, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 45, n° 31, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 243
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/entella.lee 2000.1-12

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Facing head of bald, bearded Silenos (visible: entire outline of head ans details of beard).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KATANAIΩN (Greek) Young male head left (visible: top of head, profile to tip of nose).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Catana

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 405 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 402 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

drachma

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG ANS 3 Sicily4SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1262, Grose 19795Grose 1979, p. 256, n° 2179, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 579
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/catana.sng ans 3.1262

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Lee, Ian (2000), "Entella: The Silver Coinage of the Campanian Mercenaries and the Site of the First Carthaginian Mint 410-409 BC", Numismatic Chronicle, 160, p. 1-66, pl. 1-3.
^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
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.
^ SNG ANS 3 Sicily
^ Grose, Sidney W. (1979), Catalogue of the McClean collection of Greek coins, 3 vol., Chicago, Obol International, pl. 380.