3363 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Heracles/prow) over Syracuse (Hiero) (Hiero/horseman) (Aegean Numismatics, March 2018)

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215 BCE - 212 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Ref hieronII diademed head horseman galloping2.jpg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
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Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Aegean Numismatics , March 2018

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots. Reverse: ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Below, 3 pellets.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) Ancient region Sicily Modern country: Italy Authority: Roman Republic
Chronology
From 215 BCE to 212 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 16.2716.27 g <br />16,270 mg <br /> Denomination: quadrans Nomisma.org
Diameter: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />
References
Coin reference: Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sydenham 1952, n°106, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RRC, n°41/8b.
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Diademed head left Reverse: IEPΩNOΣ (Greek) Horseman galloping r., holding spear
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Syracuse Ancient region ᵖ Sicily Modern country: Italy Authority ᵖ: Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)
Chronology
From 270 BCE to 215 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Calciati 1986, n°195, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n°936, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Puglisi 2009, n°342-343, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6HGC 2, n°1548
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidence: strong
Remarks: "Overstruck on Hieron II Circa 214 BC"

References

  1. ^  Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
  2. ^  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
  3. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  4. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
  5. ^  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
  6. ^  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.