2228 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Minerva/prow) over Syracuse (Hieron/thunderbolt) (Hersh 1953, 28b)
From SILVER
211 BCE - 208 BCE | ROMA
Images
Overstriking coin
Rome_Sicily_Hersh_1953_28b.jpg
Overstruck variety
Syracuse_Hersh_28b.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Charles Hersch collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Minerva right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Above, ear grain. In right field, K. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) | 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: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.147.14 g <br />7,140 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triens
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Hersh 1953, n° 28b | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Hersh 19531Hersh 1953, n° 28b, RRC2RRC, n° 69/4b |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Hieronymus left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ IEPΩNYMOY (Greek) Winged thunderbolt. |
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. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 214 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19863Calciati 1986, n° 412, 204 Rl 3, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1038, Holloway 19695Holloway 1969, n° 76a, HGC 26HGC 2, n° 1569 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- ^ Hersh, Charles A. (1953), "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6 (13), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
- ^ Holloway, Ross R. (1969), The Thirteen-Months Coinage of Hieronymos of Syracuse, AMUGS, III, Berlin, 47 p., 12 pl., 27.5 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.
