23797 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/incuse Apollo) over uncertain type (Spink, 325, June 2016, 3)
From SILVER
535 BCE - 500 BCEΚΑVΛ
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Spink, 325, 21 June 2016, 3 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΚΑVΛ (Greek) Apollo advancing right, naked, brandishing laurel branch with right hand, a small daimon running on outstretched left arm. In right field, stag standing right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse Apollo advancing left, naked, brandishing laurel branch, small daimon running left on Apollo's left arm, to left, stag standing left. Border of rays. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Caulonia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Bruttium | 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. 535 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 BCE | Archaic until 480 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: 8.158.15 g <br />8,150 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Noe 19581 , HN Italy2 , HGC 13 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on uncertain issue" |
References
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1958), The coinage of Caulonia, Numismatic Studies 9, New York, 62 p., 20 pl.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm