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

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2396

275 BCE - 264 BCEΑΡΕΟΣ | ΜΑΜΕΡΤΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1631_-_Zancle_(AE_Ares-eagle).jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	New York Sale, 20, 7 Jan. 2009, 8
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Bryan Cooper coll.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΑΡΕΟΣ (Greek) Head of Ares right, wearing laurel wreath. In left field, helmet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΜΑΜΕΡΤΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with open wings. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Messana

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:

The Mamertines (mercenaries of Italian origin hired by Agathocles)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 275 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 264 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 18.618.6 g <br />18,600 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	HGC 2, n° 865	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Särström 19401Särström 1940, Series II A-IV A, n° 17-42, 50-61, 71-76, SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 402., Calciati 19833Calciati 1983, p. 93, n° 3-5, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 865, Puglisi 20095Puglisi 2009, p. 288, n° 193
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/messana.puglisi 2009.193

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Traces of overstriking"

References

^ Särström, Margit (1940), A study in the coinage of the Mamertines, Lund, C. W. K. Gleerup, p. 182.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1983), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 1, 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.