19718 - Aetna (AE river-god/star) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (CNG, MBS 60, May 2002, 143)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 19718


345 BCE - 337 BCEAΛAIΣINΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Aetna_2583_CNG.jpg
Overstruck variety
Syracuse_athena_hippocamp.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 60, 22 May 2002, 143

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: AΛAIΣINΩN (Greek) Head of horned river-god to right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Eight-rayed star
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Aetna 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: Campanian mercenaries
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 345 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 337 BCE 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: 8.418.41 g <br />8,410 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: litra Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 337, n° 1 OS, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1306, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 181
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΣYPA (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bridled hippocamp swimming left
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 367 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : litra Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, n° 34, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 426-433, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1456
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: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a Syracusan Æ Litra, Athena/Hippocamp (Calciati II pg. 86, 41), with the head of the hippocamp visible on the reverse"

References

  1. a b  Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  2. a b  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
  3. a b  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.