26195 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Heracles/boar) over Syracuse (Poseidon/trident) (Herbert Grün, 64, Nov. 2014, 2424)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 26195


211 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
Herbert_Grün_2424.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse Poseidon trident.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Heidelberger Münzhandlung Herbert Grün, 64, 20 Nov. 2014, 2424

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Hercules, right, wearing boar-skin. Behind, three pellets. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA (Latin) Bull charging right, below, snake. Above, corn-ear, three pellets
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) 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: Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 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: 6.136.13 g <br />6,130 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: quadrans Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BMCRR1BMCRR, n°140, RRC2RRC, n°72/7
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Poseidon, left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: IEPONOΣ (Greek) Trident
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. : Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 240 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19863Calciati 1986, n° 197, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, n°339, HGC 25HGC 2, n° 1550
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: "überprägt auf einer Bronze von Hieron II"

References

  1. ^  Grueber, Herbert A. (1910), Coins of the Roman Republic in the British museum, Trustees of the British Museum Pubs., vol.3, pl.123
  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.