SO 1023 - Uncertain mint in Magna Graecia (Sicily) over Syracuse

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2805


211 - 208 | ROMA

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group EA 385 (26/10/2016), no. 408.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : A. McCabe collection ; R. B. W. collection duplicate ; D. Devine collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing boar skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA Bull charging right. Above, grain ear and 3 pellets (mark of value). Below, serpent.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Uncertain mint Ancient regionAncient region. Magna Graecia (Sicily) Modern countryModern country: unknown 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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.695.69 g <br />5,690 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: quadrans Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 9 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: M. H. Crawford1M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge, 1974, no. 69/5.

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Poseidon. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Trident.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Syracuse Ancient regionAncient region.  Magna Graecia (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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Crawford Table XVIII2Crawford Table XVIII, 64
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ M. H. Crawford 
  2. ^ Crawford Table XVIII