2538 - Syracuse (AE Heracles/lion) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (M&M, 32, May 2010, 12)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2538

289 BCE - 287 BCEΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1659_-_Syracuse_(AE_Heracles-lion).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Agathocles Artemis Soteira-thunderbolt.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	M&M, 32, 26 May 2010, 12 = New York Sale, 20, 7 Jan. 2009, 98

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Herakles right, wearing diadem. In left field, star. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Lion leaping right. Above, club. In exergue, spear right. Border of dots.

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:

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. 289 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 287 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.679.67 g <br />9,670 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 292, n° 151, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1465, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 326, n° 319
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.319

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ (Greek) Head of Artemis right, draped, wearing necklace, quiver at shoulder

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. ^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:

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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 277, n° 142-145, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 708-731, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1537, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 327, n° 322
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.322

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Breiter Schrötling mit Überprägungsspuren"

References

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.
a b Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,