1751 - Neapolis (AE Apollo/Achelous) over Syracuse (Zeus/trident) (Nottingham, The Castle Museum)
From SILVER
275 BCE - 250 BCENEOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Nottingham, The Castle Museum | |
| Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Found at Nemi. |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | NEOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Man headed bull (Acheloo) right, crowed by a flying Nike. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Neapolis | Ancient regionAncient region. | Campania | 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. 275 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze |
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Burnett - Crawford 1998, p. 55-57, pl. 14, n° 1. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Burnett - Crawford 19981Burnett - Crawford 1998, pl. 14, n° 1, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 589, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 474 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus left, wearing tainia | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Ornate trident head flanked by dolphins |
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: | Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 263 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 218 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 24HGC 2, n° 1550 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- ^ Burnett, Andrew M. - Crawford, Michael H. (1998), "Overstrikes at Neapolis and coinage at Poseidonia-Paestum," in Richard Ashton et Silvia Hurter (eds.), Studies in Greek numismatics in memory of Martin Jessop Price, London, p. 55-57, pl. 14.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.

