3259 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Rome) (AE Mercury/prow) over Syracuse (Poseidon/trident) (RR85325)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3259


211 BCE - 208 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
Sicily_Rome_over_Syracuse_RR85325.jpg
Overstruck variety
Syracuse_Poseidon_trident.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : RR85325 ()??

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, two pellets (mark of value). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Above, grain ear. In right field, K (?).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Sicily (uncertain 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.. 208 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: 5.95.9 g <br />5,900 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Roman
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: RRC1RRC, n° 69/6b, Sydenham 19522Sydenham 1952, n° 310d, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1751

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Poseidon left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Trident head
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 19864Calciati 1986, n° 197, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1550
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "undertype: head of Poseidon left; reverse prow of galley right"

References

  1. ^  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
  2. ^  Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
  3. 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.
  4. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.