2659 - Syracuse (AE Heracles/Athena) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Hirsch, 263, Sept. 2009, 2093)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2659


278 BCE - 276 BCE | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_1685_-_Syracuse_(AE_Heracles-Athena).jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Agathocles Artemis Soteira-thunderbolt.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Hirsch, 263, 24 Sept. 2009, 2093

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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 182, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1452, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 330
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ (Greek) Head of Artemis r. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ (Greek) Winged thunderbolt
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. : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 138 or 189 or 142-145, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1461 or 1462 or 1537, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, n° 322 or 323-324
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Überprägt auf einer älteren Münze"

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.