287 BCE - 278 BCEΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, EA 574, 6 Nov. 2024, 15.
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Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From the John Morcom Collection, purchased from Martina Dieterle, 2 October 2009.
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣYPAKOΣIΩN (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. In left field, monogram. Linear border.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Syracuse
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)
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Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 287 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.389.38 g <br />9,380 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Herakles left
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Lion right. Above, club
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 289 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 287 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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denomination B
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References
References
- a b Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- a b 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.
- a b Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.