SO 1655 - "Kainon" (Caena at Alaesa?) (AE griffin/horse) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 209, April 2009, 24)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2349

360 BCE - 340 BCE | KAINON

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1655 - "Kainon" (Caena at Alaesa?) (AE griffin-horse).jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 209, 22 April 2009, 24
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. Alighieri Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Griffin flying left. Linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KAINON (Greek) Horse galloping left, trailing reins. Above, star. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

"Kainon" (Caena at Alaesa?)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (Sicily)

Modern countryModern country:

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. 360 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.877.87 g <br />7,870 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 3 Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 1175-1178, Calciati 19832Calciati 1983, p. 249-256, n° 1-19, OS 10, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 509
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/caena.cns i.1-25

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ SNG ANS 3 Sicily
^ Calciati, Romolo (1983), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 1, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
^ 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.