Sicily (uncertain mint) (Rome) (uncia Roma/prow) over Syracuse (Hieron II) (Poseidon/trident) (Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, 9, 4 Oct. 2001, 359)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 26097


211 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
M&M_359.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse Poseidon trident.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, 9, 4 Oct. 2001, 359

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Mercury, right. Value mark to left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. Above, grain ear. Value mark below.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Sicily 2 Ancient regionAncient region. Magna Graecia (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.. 210 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: 6.136.13 g <br />6,130 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°310d, RRC2RRC, n°72/8
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Poseidon, left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: IEPONOΣ (Greek) 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. : 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 19863Calciati 1986, n° 197, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, n°339, HGC 25HGC 2, n° 1550
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "überprägt auf eine Bronze des Hieron II"

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. ^  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
  5. ^  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.