2439 - Alaesa (AE Apollo/torch & grain ears) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (MacDonald coll., 35)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2439


344 BCE - 339 BCEΑΡΧΑΓΕΤΑΣ | ΣYMMAXIKON

Images
Overstriking coin
Alaesa_1602_MacDonald.jpg
Overstruck variety
Syracuse SO 2263.jpg
Traces of the overstruck variety
Alaesa_1602_drawing.jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : D. MacDonald collection, n) 35

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΑΡΧΑΓΕΤΑΣ (Greek) Head of Apollo Archegetas left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣYMMAXIKON (Greek) Lighted torch planted in the ground between two grain ears. All within linear border.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Alaesa 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: Campanian mercenaries
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 Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 30.5430.54 g <br />30,540 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, p. 51, n° 35 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 446-447, n° 14-14/5, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 51, n° 35, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 183-187
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: 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). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on reverse: portions of both dolphins and slight traces of central starfish).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Syracuse Ancient regionAncient region.  Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC)
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 Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : litra Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1436
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. a b  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  2. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  3. 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.
  4. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,