2396 - Zancle (AE Ares/eagle) (Mamertini) over uncertain type (New York Sale, 20, Jan. 2009, 8)

From SILVER


275 BCE - 264 BCEΑΡΕΟΣ | ΜΑΜΕΡΤΙΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_1631_-_Zancle_(AE_Ares-eagle).jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: New York Sale, 20, 7 Jan. 2009, 8
Private collection(s) ᵖ: Bryan Cooper coll.

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: ΑΡΕΟΣ (Greek) Head of Ares right, wearing laurel wreath. In left field, helmet. Border of dots. Reverse: ΜΑΜΕΡΤΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with open wings. Linear border.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Messana Ancient region Sicily Modern country: Italy Authority: The Mamertines (mercenaries of Italian origin hired by Agathocles)
Chronology
From 275 BCE to 264 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 18.618.6 g <br />18,600 mg <br /> Denomination: denomination A
References
Coin reference: HGC 2, n° 865 Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Särström 1940, Series II A-IV A, n° 17-42, 50-61, 71-76, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 402., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Calciati 1983, p. 93, n° 3-5, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 2, n° 865, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Puglisi 2009, p. 288, n° 193
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Reverse:
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Ancient region ᵖ Modern country: Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From to period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidence:
Remarks: "Traces of overstriking"

References

  1. ^  Särström, Margit (1940), A study in the coinage of the Mamertines, Lund, C. W. K. Gleerup, p. 182.
  2. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
  3. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1983), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 1, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  4. ^  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.
  5. ^  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.