19485 - Agyrium (AE Ares/club) over Syracuse (uncertain type) (Roma Numismatics, EA 78, Dec. 2020, 168)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 19485


317 BCE - 280 BCE | AΓYPINAIΩN around

Images
Overstriking coin
Agyrium_2564_Roma.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Roma Numismatics, EA 78, 17 Dec. 2020, 168
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From a private European collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Crude head (Ares or Athena?) to right, wearing crested Attic helmet ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AΓYPINAIΩN around (Greek) Club
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Agyrium 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 317 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 280 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: 6.626.62 g <br />6,620 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, n° 20, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 54
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: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "traces of undertype: helmeted head of Athena to left, ΣY above. for possible undertype, HGC 2, 1456" (nb: the letters ΣYP don't fit with that type)

References

  1. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  2. ^  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.