287 BCE - 278 BCEΔIOΣ EΛΛANIOY | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN
Overstriking coin
Syracuse on Syracuse - Agora Auctions, 103, 28 Dec. 2021, 13.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Syracuse Artemis Thunder.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Agora Auctions, 103, 28 Dec. 2021, 13 ; Neptune Numismatics
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Tom Mullally Collection.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΔIOΣ EΛΛANIOY (Greek) Laureate head of youthful Zeus Hellanios right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣYPAKOΣIΩN (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Syracuse
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 287 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278 BCE
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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: 8.088.08 g <br />8,080 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 23.323.3 mm <br />2.33 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Draped bust of Artemis Soteira right, quiver over shoulder
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ above, BAΣIΛEOΣ below (Greek) Winged thunderbolt
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 304 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 289 BCE
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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:
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denomination B
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References
References
- a b Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
- 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.
