344 BCE - 339 BCEΣΙΚΕΛΙΑ | ΣYMMAXIKON
Overstruck variety
Syracuse SO 2263.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Numismatica Ars Classica, 12 May 2004, 73
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΣΙΚΕΛΙΑ (Greek) Head of Sicily right, wearing necklace, earrings and stephane. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣYMMAXIKON (Greek) Lighted torch between two grain ears.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Alaesa
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Campanian mercenaries
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 339 BCE
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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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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΣΥΡΑ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish
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Mint and issuing power
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
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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:
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drachma
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References
