2517 - Syracuse (octobol Persephone/Athena) over uncertain type (London, BM, 1987-4-14.2)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2517

278 BCE - 275 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_187_-_Syracuse_(octobol_Persephone-Athena).jpg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1987-4-14.2	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Persephone right, wearing earings, necklace and corn wreath. In field, dolphin. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ (Greek) Athena Promachos left, wearing chiton and himation, holding spear and shield. in field, thunderbolt and cornucopia.

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 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:

Pyrrhus (general, Aeacid king of Molossians, Macedonia and Epirus, 306-272 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 278 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.28.2 g <br />8,200 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: octobol	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Thessaly1BMC Thessaly, p. 112, n° 9-17, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 263
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pyrrhus.bmc 9-19

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:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	nb: possibly over a Pegasus from Anactorium

References

^ Gardner, Percy (1883), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. V : Thessaly to Aetolia, London, The Trustees, p. 234, pl. 32.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.