2528 - Syracuse (octobol Persephone/Athena) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Brussels, KBR, II 89507)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2528

278 BCE - 275 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_186_-_Syracuse_(octobol_Persephone-Athena).jpg

Overstruck variety

186_Corinth_Pegasus-Athena.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, II 89507	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Galerie des Monnaies et Antiquités (Paolucci-Luxembourg) 1, 26 Sept. 1998, 47.

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: 7.837.83 g <br />7,830 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.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2000, p. 189-213	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMC Thessaly1BMC Thessaly, p. 112, n° 9-17, Callataÿ 20002Callataÿ 2000, p. 189-213, HGC 3.13HGC 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.:

Pegasus flying left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Athena left with a corinthian helmet.

Mint and issuing power

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

Corinth

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278 BCE

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

stater

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Ravel 19484Ravel 1948

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

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.
^ Callataÿ, François de (2000), "Un “octobole” de Pyrrhus surfrappé sur un statère de type corinthien. Réflexions sur les masses monnayées par Pyrrhus en or et en argent", Annali. Istituto Italiano di Numismatica, 47, p. 189-213, pl. XII-XV.
^ 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.
^ Ravel, Oscar E. (1948), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome II: (de 414 à 300 J. C.), London, 310 p., 54 pls.