2445 - Syracuse (AE Heracles/Athena) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Hirsch, 267, May 2010, 100)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2445

278 BCE - 276 BCE | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1686_-_Syracuse_(AE_Heracles-Athena).png [1]

Overstruck variety

Agathocles Artemis Soteira-thunderbolt.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Hirsch, 267, 5 May 2010, 100

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Athena standing right, wearing chiton and helmet, holding spear with right hand and shield attached on left arm.

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:

Pyrrhus (general, Aeacid king of Molossians, Macedonia and Epirus, 306-272 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 278 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 276 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 178, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1451, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 330
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.330

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ (Greek) Head of Artemis right (visible on obverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ (Greek) Thunderbolt (visible on reverse).

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:

Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 295 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 289 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

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 19861Calciati 1986, p. 277, n° 142-145, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 708-731, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1537, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 327, n° 322
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.322

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägt auf einer Bronze des Agathokles (Artemiskopf/Blitz, vgl. SNG COP 779)"

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.
a b Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,