Ancient Greek coin – HCR111884

Obverse

Design:

Head of lion, facing; dotted border

Reverse

Inscription:

ΡΕΓΙΝΟΝ (left)

Design:

Head of Apollo, short-haired, laureate, left; sprig of olive (right)

Information

Period

Greek

Mint

Rhegium

Denomination

Tetradrachm

Material

silver

Technique

struck

Dating

c. 415/10 BC – 387 BC (According to HN3 Italy)

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

17.26

Axis

Diameter (mm)

25.2

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

28/10/1955

Source

Glendining 25/10/1955 (Lockett), 541 = SNG Lockett, no. 659; Naville X (15/06/1925), 160

Source of funds

National Art collections Fund

Acquisition credit

Purchased with the assistance of the National Art Collections Fund, 1955.

Acquisition note

currency £GBP

Weight standard

Euboeic

Issue

Robinson Period (d): Fifth coinage

Reference

SNG Ashmolean II : 1589

Note:

http://www.sylloge-nummorum-graecorum.org/ ID: SNGuk_0502_1589

Reference

SNG Lockett : no. 659

Reference

Herzfelder, Rhegion : no. 103d

Reference

Robinson, Rhegion Zankle Samians : p. 13 ff.

Reference

HN3 Italy : 2496

Reference

IRIS : https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn_italy.2496-2497

Contributors to this coin record

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