19722 - Aetna (AE river-god/star) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 504, Nov. 2021, 3)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 19722

345 BCE - 337 BCEAΛAIΣINΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Aetna_2585_CNG.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 504, 17 Nov. 2021, 3 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 555, 7 Feb. 2024, 34

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

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.334.33 g <br />4,330 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 15.515.5 mm <br />1.55 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:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/alaesa aetna.puglisi 2009.56

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. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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 ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck (possibly on uncertain Carthaginian issue)"

References

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