23599 - Mytistratus (AE Hephaestus/wheel) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (Triton, V, Jan. 2002, 208)
From SILVER
354 BCE - 344 BCE | MYT
Images
Overstriking coin
Mytistratos_Triton_V.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse athena hippocamp+.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Triton, V, 15 Jan. 2002, 208 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Hephaestus right, wearing pileus, pellet on pileus | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | MYT (Greek) Three spoked wheel with central pellet |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Mytistratus | 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. 354 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: 7.067.06 g <br />7,060 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: oncia | |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 294, n° 2, BMC Sicily2BMC Sicily, p. 116, n° 3 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet with laurel wreath. In right and left fields, dolphins. Linear border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Hippocamp 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), Dionysius II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 367-357 and 346-344 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 375 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
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | denomination B |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19863Calciati 1986, n° 34-45, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 426-433, 434-453, HGC 25HGC 2, n° 1456, Puglisi 20096Puglisi 2009, p. 323, n° 303 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on a Syracusan litra, Athena/Hippocamp (Calciati II pg. 76ff), with just a trace of the undertype visible" | ||
References
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ Poole, Reginald Stuart (1876), A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Sicily, London, p.XII, p.292
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
- ^ 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.
- ^ Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
