2143 - Alaesa (AE Sicilia/Heracles) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (M&M, 39, Nov. 2013, 9)
From SILVER
339 BCE - 317 BCEΑΛΑΙΣΑΣ
Images
Overstriking coin
Alaesa_1596_M&M.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse SO 2263.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | M&M, 39, 27 Nov. 2013, 9 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΑΛΑΙΣΑΣ (Greek) Female head right, wearing necklace and earrings. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Heracles right, naked, wearing the Nemean lion scalp, holding bow and club. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Alaesa | 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: |
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.. 317 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: 27.2127.21 g <br />27,210 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 449, n° 1, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 190 (denomination unlisted) | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish |
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: | drachma
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62, SNG ANS 5 Sicily3SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1436 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Überprägt (auf eine Bronze-Drachme von Syrakus ?)" | ||
References
- a b Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, 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,
