2263 - Panormus (AE Persephone/horse) over Panormus (Hera/bull) (Jenkins 1971, pl. 24, 20)
From SILVER
405 BCE - 380 BCE
Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Persephone left, wreathed with grain. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse galloping left, head facing. Helios head above. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Panormus | 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. 405 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 380 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B | ||
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Jenkins 1971, pl. 24, n° 21. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19831 , SNG ANS 4 Sicily2 , HGC 23 |
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Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Hera left, wearing polos. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bearded man-faced bull advancing left, head facing. Helios head above. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Panormus | 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.. 380 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: | denomination B |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Jenkins 19714 , Calciati 19831 , SNG ANS 4 Sicily2 , HGC 23 | ||
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- a b Calciati, Romolo (1983), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 1, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- a b Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
- 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.
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1971), "Coins of Punic Sicily. Part 1", Revue Suisse de Numismatique, 50, p. 25-78, pl. 1-24.