3259 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Rome) (AE Mercury/prow) over Syracuse (Poseidon/trident) (RR85325)
From SILVER
211 BCE - 208 BCE | ROMA
Images
Overstriking coin
Sicily_Rome_over_Syracuse_RR85325.jpg
Overstruck variety
Syracuse_Poseidon_trident.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | RR85325 ()?? | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, two pellets (mark of value). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Above, grain ear. In right field, K (?). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Sicily (uncertain mint) | 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: | 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.. 208 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: 5.95.9 g <br />5,900 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Roman | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RRC1RRC, n° 69/6b, Sydenham 19522Sydenham 1952, n° 310d, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1751 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Poseidon left | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Trident head |
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: | Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 240 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19864Calciati 1986, n° 197, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1550 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "undertype: head of Poseidon left; reverse prow of galley right" | ||
References
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
- 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.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
