Sicily (uncertain mint) (Rome) (uncia Roma/prow) over Syracuse (Hieron II) (Poseidon/trident) (Roma Numismatics, E-sale 88, 9 Sept. 2021, 702)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 26103


214 BCE - 212 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
Roma_702.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse Poseidon trident.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Roma Numismatics Limited, E-sale 88, 9 Sept. 2021, 702
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Vitangelo Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Helmeted head of Roma, 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 (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. 214 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 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: 5.525.52 g <br />5,520 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: uncia Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
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: Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°79, RRC2RRC, n°42/4
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: "Overstruck on coin with Poseidon/Trident from Syracuse (cf. HGC 2, 1550)"

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.