19773 - Syracuse (Hieronymus) (10 litrai Hieronymus/thunderbolt) over uncertain type (Heritage World Coin Auctions, Dallas Signature Sale 3102, Nov. 2022, 32019)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 19773

214 BCE - 215 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕOΣ IEPONYMOY

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Heritage World Coin Auctions, Dallas Signature Sale 3102, 2 Nov. 2022, 32019

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Hieronymus left. Monogram to right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕOΣ IEPONYMOY (Greek) Winged thunderbolt. Magistrate name: MI.

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. 214 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 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: 8.368.36 g <br />8,360 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 10 litrai	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Litra

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Holloway 19691Holloway 1969, n° 6-14, 21-30, 33-36, 40-50, 52, 55-59 and 61, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1567
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:	uncertain
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck" (nb: not surely an overstrike)

References

^ 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.