2618 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Leontini (horseman/lion) (Berlin, MK - Noe 1957, pl. X, d)
From SILVER
475 BCE - 425 BCEΚΑV
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1286 - Caulonia over Leontini.png
Overstruck variety
Leontini_Horseman_lion.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Berlin, Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΚΑV (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. Ornemented border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Stag standing right. |
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. 475 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 BCE | 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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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | ||
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Friedländer 1877, p. 332, Noe 1957, group VI, p. 30, pl. X, d | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Friedländer 18771Friedländer 1877, p. 332, Noe 19572Noe 1957, group VI, p. 30, pl. X, d, SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily3SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 175-180, HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 2044, 2046, 2049, 2051-2152, HGC 15HGC 1, n° 1419 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Naked horseman advancing right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Lion's head right with jaws open and tongue protruding, around, four barley grains |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Leontini | 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. 475 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 BCE | 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: | didrachm
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | |||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- ^ Friedländer, Julius (1877), "Überprägte antike Münzen", Zeitschrift für Numismatik 4, p. 328-349.
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
- ^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1975), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 3. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3 (Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx), New-York, pl. 38.
- ^ 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
