2640 - Syracuse (10 litrai Persephone/Zeus) over uncertain type (Künker, Oct. 2008, 105 )

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2640

214 BCE - 212 BCE | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_190_-_Syracuse_(10_litrai_Persephone-Zeus).jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Künker, 143, 6 Oct. 2008, 105 ; Triton, 11, 08 Jan. 2008, 75.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Persephone left, wearing earring, necklace and wreath of grain ears. In field, long torch. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣYPAKOΣIΩN (Greek) Zeus Strategos standing facing, head right, wearing himation, holding scepter. To left, XAP above eagle flying .

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 214 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 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: 8.428.42 g <br />8,420 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 10 litrai	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Babelon 19241Babelon 1924, n° 1394 (same dies), Burnett 19832Burnett 1983, p. 24, n° 38 (same dies as illustration), HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1413
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.burnett 1983.38

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

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

10 litrai

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:	"Überprägungsspuren"

References

^ Babelon, Jean (1924-1936), Catalogue de la collection de Luynes : monnaies grecques, 4 vol., Paris, Bibliothèque nationale.
^ Burnett, Andrew M. (1983), "The Enna hoard and the silver coinage of the Syracusan Democracy", Revue Suisse de Numismatique, 62, p. 5-26, pl. 1-10.
^ 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.