2739 - Abacaenum (AE Female head/horse) over Syracuse (Bertolami, 24, June 2016, 132)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2739


350 BCE - 300 BCE | ΑΒΑΚΑΙ-ΝΙΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Abacaenum_1577_Bertolami.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse_SO_2263.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Bertolami Fine Arts, 24, 22-23 June 2016, 132

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Female head right, wearing sphendone and earrings. In right field, Σ. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΒΑΚΑΙ-ΝΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Horse prancing right. Border of dots.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Abacaenum 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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE Classical 480-323 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: 37.2937.29 g <br />37,290 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 21HGC 2, n° ?

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΣYPA (Greek) Head of Athena to left, wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Athena to left, wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet. Rev. Eight-rayed star between two dolphins
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. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 375 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 344 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : drachma Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 455, HGC 21HGC 2, n° 1436
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: weak
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on a Syracusan drachm" Unpublished in the standard references. As yet, no one found a so large bronze denomination of Abakainon mint.

References

  1. 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.
  2. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,