20530 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (Ebay selin959, 8 Sept. 2015 )
From SILVER
352 BCE - 344 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Ameselon_2640_Ebay.jpg
Overstruck variety
Syracuse athena hippocamp+.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Ebay seller selin959 (Italy), 8 Sept. 2015 (info DMD) | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath, within linear border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Cithara within linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Adranum | 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. 352 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 344 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.976.97 g <br />6,970 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: litra
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br /> |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 334, 4 (Ameselon), HGC 22HGC 2, n° 44 | |
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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. ᵖ: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sicily | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | 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 periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | litra
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, n° 34, SNG ANS 5 Sicily3SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 426-433, HGC 22HGC 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: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "restruck of Syracuse, Calciati CNS, n° 4" | ||
References
- a b Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- 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.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
