2208 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (VCoins seller: Shick Coins)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2208

287 BCE - 278 BCEΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Agathocles Artemis Soteira-thunderbolt.jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Shick Coins (Vcoins)

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

Reverse:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Syracuse

Ancient region

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)

Chronology

From 287 BCE to 278 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze		Denomination: denomination A/B
Diameter: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin reference:		Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Calciati 1986, n° 167-168, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 1449, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.326

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ (Greek) Head of Artemis r.

Reverse:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ (Greek) Winged thunderbolt

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Syracuse

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority ^ᵖ:

Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)

Chronology

From 295 BCE to 289 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Calciati 1986, n° 138 or 189 or 142-145, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 1461 or 1462 or 1537, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Puglisi 2009, n° 322 or 323-324
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.322 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.323-324

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	strong
Remarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike

References

a b Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
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.
a b Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.