2257 - Syracuse (AE Athena/hippocamp) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 54, Febr. 2019, 65)
From SILVER
375 BCE - 370 BCEΣΥΡΑ
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Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, EA 54, 28 Febr. 2019, 65 ; from the inventory of a UK dealer | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with laurel wreath. In right and left fields, dolphins. Linear border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Hippocamp left. Below, waves. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (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: | Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 375 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 370 BCE | Classical 480-323 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: 33.633.6 g <br />33,600 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination AA | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3333 mm <br />3.3 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 33, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1435, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 323, n° 303 | |
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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: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on an uncertain type" | ||
References
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
