2409 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Persephone/biga) (MacDonald coll., 45)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2409


287 BCE - 278 BCE | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_1670_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-eagle).jpg
Overstruck variety
Syracuse Persephone-biga HGC 2 1446.jpeg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
1670_Syracuse_Persephone-biga_(drawing).jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : David MacDonald collection, n° 45

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus left. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Syracuse 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: Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 287 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.866.86 g <br />6,860 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, p. 63, n° 45 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 301-302, n° 167-8 (imitation of this variety), HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1449 (imitation of this variety), Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326 (imitation of this variety)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Persephone left. Behin, symbol (visible on obverse: profile of Persephone from forehead to neck, Ω, traces of other letters). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Biga driven by Nike galloping right (visible on reverse: heads and legs of horses, trace of letter or symbol).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Syracuse Ancient regionAncient region.  Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 287 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : denomination A/B or B
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 123 or 122 or 124-127, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1446 or 1447 or 1466, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 328
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: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Imitation coin"

References

  1. a b  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  2. 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.
  3. a b  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.