19767 - Syracuse (tetradrachm biga/Arethuse) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, XXII, Oct. 2021, 18)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 19767

440 BCE - 430 BCE | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

2589_-_Syracuse_(tetradrachm_biga-Arethuse).jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, XXII, 7 Oct. 2021, 180 ; Jean Elsen & ses Fils S.A., Auction 93, 15 September 2007, 662.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving slow quadriga to right, Nike flying above to right, ketos in exergue

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Arethusa to right, wearing sphendone. Four dolphins around

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 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. 440 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.0617.06 g <br />17,060 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Boehringer 19291Boehringer 1929, n° 585-590 and 592-594, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 183-192, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1313
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.boerhinger 1929.585-590 592-594

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	uncertain
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck" (nb: not surely an overstrike)

References

^ Boehringer, Erich (1929), Die Münzen von Syrakus, Berlin-Leipzig, vi, [2], 297 p. : ill. and portfolio of 32 pl. ; 28 cm
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
^ 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.