27261 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Heracles/lion) (CNG, EA 574, 6 Nov. 2024, 15)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 27261


287 BCE - 278 BCEΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Syracuse_Classical_Numismatic_Group,_EA_574,_6_Nov._2024,_15.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse Heracles-lion HGC 2 1464.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 574, 6 Nov. 2024, 15.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the John Morcom Collection, purchased from Martina Dieterle, 2 October 2009.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. In left field, monogram. Linear border.
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: Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)
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 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: 9.389.38 g <br />9,380 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 157 (D112/R4 - imitation of this variety), p. 301-302, n° 167-8 (imitation of this variety), HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1449 (imitation of this variety), Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326 (imitation of this variety)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Herakles left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Lion right. Above, club
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. : Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)
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 Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : denomination B
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 292, n° 150, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1464, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 326, n° 319
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on an earlier issue with head of Apollo left" (nb: uncorrect)

References

  1. a b  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  2. 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.
  3. a b  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.