2517 - Syracuse (octobol Persephone/Athena) over uncertain type (London, BM, 1987-4-14.2)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2517


278 BCE - 275 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_187_-_Syracuse_(octobol_Persephone-Athena).jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: London, British Museum, 1987-4-14.2 Sale(s)Sale(s) : A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Persephone right, wearing earings, necklace and corn wreath. In field, dolphin. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ (Greek) Athena Promachos left, wearing chiton and himation, holding spear and shield. in field, thunderbolt and cornucopia.
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 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: Pyrrhus (general, Aeacid king of Molossians, Macedonia and Epirus, 306-272 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 278 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 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.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.28.2 g <br />8,200 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: octobol Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BMC Thessaly1BMC Thessaly, p. 112, n° 9-17, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 263
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: 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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: nb: possibly over a Pegasus from Anactorium

References

  1. ^  Gardner, Percy (1883), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. V : Thessaly to Aetolia, London, The Trustees, p. 234, pl. 32.
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.