2662 - Syracuse (8 litrai Persephone/quadriga) over uncertain type (Heritage Signature, NYINC 3071, Jan. 2019, 34012)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2662


213 BCE - 212 BCE | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

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Overstriking coin
SO_185_-_Syracuse_(8_litrai_Persephone-quadriga).jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Heritage Signature, NYINC 3071, 6 Jan. 2019, 34012, HID02901242017.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Persephone left, wearing earring, necklace, grain ear wreath. In field, bee. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Nike driving quadriga left, holding filleted palm and, reins. In field, ΣY and monograms.
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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 213 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 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.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.786.78 g <br />6,780 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 8 litrai Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Burnett 19831Burnett 1983, p. 25, n° 51, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1416
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: uncertain
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck" (nb: not surely an overstrike)

References

  1. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (1983), "The Enna hoard and the silver coinage of the Syracusan Democracy", Revue Suisse de Numismatique, 62, p. 5-26, pl. 1-10.
  2. ^  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.