2540 - Rome (AE Roma/prow) over Syracuse (Poseidon/trident) (CNG, MBS 78, May 2008, 120)
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211 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 78, May 2008, 120 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Roma, right. Value mark to left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. Above, grain ear. Value mark below. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rome | Ancient regionAncient region. | Latium | 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: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 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: 5.885.88 g <br />5,880 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: uncia
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RRC1RRC, n° 72/9, Calciati 19862Calciati 1986, p. 401, E, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1754 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of Poseidon. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩN (Greek) Trident. Dolphin to left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 263 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 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 C/D |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19862Calciati 1986, n° 194 or 197 or 208 or 209, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1514 or 1526, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, n° 339 or 344-345 | ||
| 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: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on issue of Hieron II of Syracuse (Poseidon/Trident). CNS p. 401, E. Lot also includes" | ||
References
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- 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.
- ^ Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
