23654 - Agyrium (AE Athena/bow & quiver) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Leu Numismatik, EA 28, Dec. 2023, 599)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 23654

317 BCE - 280 BCE | ΑΓΥΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik, EA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, 599
Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	"From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005"

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, within linear border.

Reverse:

ΑΓΥΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ (Greek) Bow and club or quiver

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Agyrium

Ancient region

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Chronology

From 317 BCE to 280 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 13.0113.01 g <br />13,010 mg <br />	Denomination: hemidrachm	Axis: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
Diameter: 2525 mm <br />2.5 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 1987, p. 134-135, n° 19, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 52
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agyrium.puglisi 2009.9

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

ΙΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right

Reverse:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Thunderbolt

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Syracuse

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority ^ᵖ:

Timoleon of Corinth (411-337 BCE), Timoleontic symmachy coinage

Chronology

From 357 BCE to 344 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

hemidrachm

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.]]3Calciati 1986, p. 167, n° 72, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 1440
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.304

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:	"Overstruck on a Syracusan hemidrachm of the 'Zeus Eleutherios/Thunderbolt' type (HGC 2, 1440)"

References

^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, 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.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.