2618 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Leontini (horseman/lion) (Berlin, MK - Noe 1957, pl. X, d)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2618


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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org 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
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Leontini Ancient regionAncient region.  Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : didrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Friedländer, Julius (1877), "Überprägte antike Münzen", Zeitschrift für Numismatik 4, p. 328-349.
  2. ^  Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  5. ^  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