344 BCE - 339 BCEΑΡΧΑΓΕΤΑΣ | ΣYMMAXIKON
Overstriking coin Alaesa_1602_MacDonald.jpg
Overstruck variety Syracuse SO 2263.jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety Alaesa_1602_drawing.jpg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΑΡΧΑΓΕΤΑΣ (Greek) Head of Apollo Archegetas left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣYMMAXIKON (Greek) Lighted torch planted in the ground between two grain ears. All within linear border.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Alaesa
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Campanian mercenaries
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 339 BCE
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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: 30.5430.54 g <br />30,540 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br />
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΣΥΡΑ (Greek) Head of "Athena" left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath (visible on obverse: outline of much of helmet, lips, chin, neck termination).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on reverse: portions of both dolphins and slight traces of central starfish).
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 367 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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litra
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References
References
- a b Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- 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.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,