19477 - Agyrium (AE Athena/bow & quiver) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Roma Numismatics, Sept. 2022, 75)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 19477


317 BCE - 280 BCE | ΑΡΓΥΡΙΝΑ…

Images
Overstriking coin
Agyrium_2563_Roma.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse - Zeus Eleutherios Horse.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Roma Numismatics, 8 Sept. 2022, 75
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the Anders Collection, collector's tickets included

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, within linear border. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΡΓΥΡΙΝΑ… (Greek) Bow and quiver
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Agyrium 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. 317 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 280 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.5810.58 g <br />10,580 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 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: Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 134-135, n° 19, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 52
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ZEYΣ EΛEYΘEPIOΣ (Greek) Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios to left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN (Greek) Horse rearing left
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Syracuse Ancient regionAncient region.  Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Timoleon of Corinth (411-337 BCE), Timoleontic symmachy coinage
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 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. : hemidrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19863Calciati 1986, n° 80, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 533-41, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 375
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: Apparently overstruck

References

  1. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  2. 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.
  3. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  4. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,