20311 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 52, Jan. 2019, 123)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 20311

339 BCE - 330 BCEΣIΛEPAIΩN | ΣIΛ (retrograde)

Images

Overstriking coin

Silerae_2627_Roma.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 52, 10 January 2019, 123. From the inventory of a UK dealer.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣIΛEPAIΩN (Greek) Forepart of man-faced bull charging right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣIΛ (retrograde) (Greek) Warrior advancing right, holding spear and shield

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Silerae

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. 339 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 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: 7.357.35 g <br />7,350 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: litra	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 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, p. 301, n° 2, HGC 22HGC 2, 1243
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/silerae.puglisi 2009.285

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:	nb: no mention of overstrike

References

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