19769 - Syracuse (Hieronymus) (24-litrai Hieronymus/thunderbolt) over uncertain type (Heritage World Coin Auctions, Signature Sale 3089, Jan 2021, 31013)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 19769

215 BCE - 214 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕOΣ IEPONYMOY

Images

Overstriking coin

2590_-_Syracuse_(Hieronymus)_(24-litrai_Hieronymus-thunderbolt).jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Sothebys, 1909, 393 = Sothebys, 1886, 181 = Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 13, 8 Oct. 1998, 537 = Heritage World Coin Auctions, Signature Sale 3089, 31 Jan 2021, 31013 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 146, 8 May 2024, 2121
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Penn Collection ; Benson Collection ; Montagu Collection ; Wigan Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Hieronymus left. Cornucopia to right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕOΣ IEPONYMOY (Greek) Winged thunderbolt. Monogram above.

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:

Hieronymus of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 215-214 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 214 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 20.2520.25 g <br />20,250 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 24 litrai	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Litra

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Collection R. Jameson, n° 887	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Collection R. Jameson1Collection R. Jameson, n° 887, Holloway 19692Holloway 1969, n° 3-5, 18-20 and 32, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1566
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.holloway 1969.3-16 18-38 40-52 55-60

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:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck"

References

^ Jameson, Robert (1913-1932), Collection R. Jameson, Paris, Feuardent frères, 4 vol.
^ Holloway, Ross R. (1969), The Thirteen-Months Coinage of Hieronymos of Syracuse, AMUGS, III, Berlin, 47 p., 12 pl., 27.5 cm
^ 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.