26099 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (uncia Roma/prow) over Syracuse (Hieron II) (Poseidon/trident) (CNG, EA 94, July 2004, 130)

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214 BCE - 212 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
CNG_130.jpg
Overstruck variety
Syracuse Poseidon trident.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: CNG, Electronic Auction 94, 21 July 2004, 130

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma, right. Value mark to left. Reverse: ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. Above, grain ear. Value mark below.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) Ancient region Sicily Modern country: Italy Authority: Roman Republic
Chronology
From 214 BCE to 212 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 6.226.22 g <br />6,220 mg <br /> Denomination: uncia Nomisma.org
Diameter: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />
References
Coin reference: Hersch 1987, n°16s Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sydenham 1952, n°79, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RRC, n°42/4
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Head of Poseidon, left Reverse: IEPONOΣ (Greek) Trident
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Syracuse Ancient region ᵖ Magna Graecia (Sicily) Modern country: Italy Authority ᵖ: Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)
Chronology
From 240 BCE to 215 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Calciati 1986, n° 197, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Puglisi 2009, n°339, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5HGC 2, n° 1550
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidence: sure
Remarks: "Overstruck on a Syracusan Æ of Hieron II "

References

  1. ^  Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
  2. ^  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
  3. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  4. ^  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
  5. ^  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.