27477 - Gela (AE bull/river god Gelas) over Syracuse (Arethusa/dolphin) (CNG, EA 572, Oct. 2024, 96)
From SILVER
420 BCE - 405 BCE
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Vecchi, 6, 9 June 1997, 199 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 572, 9 Oct. 2024, 96. | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the John Morcom Collection. |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bull standing left, head lowered, as if to charge, four (sic) pellets (mark of value) in exergue | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of the river-god Gelas right, barley grain behind neck |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Gela | 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. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 405 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.483.48 g <br />3,480 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetras | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, Group VIII-IX, 501, Calciati 19862Calciati 1986, n° 9, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 379, SNG Morcom4SNG Morcom, n° 585 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Arethusa l., hair bound in ampyx and sphendone, two leaves to r. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Dolphin swimming r., cockle shell below |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Syracuse | 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. 415 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 405 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC ![]() |
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | hemilitron |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19862Calciati 1986, n° 24, SNG ANS Sicily 25SNG ANS Sicily 2, n° 415, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1480 | ||
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on a Syracuse tetras (cf. SNG ANS 415)" (nb: more likely a double strike) |
References
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
- a b Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- 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.
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1995), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Vol. X : The John Morcom collection of Western Greek bronze coins, London - Oxford, Oxford University Press ; Spink and Son, 95 p., 38 pl.
- ^ SNG ANS Sicily 2