2432 - Syracuse (Hieron II) (4 litrai Gelon II/eagle) over uncertain type (Lanz, Ebay, May 2017)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2432

217 BCE - 215 BCE | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΙ ΓΕΛΩΝΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Lanz, Ebay, 27 May 2017.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	H. J. Müller collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Gelon II left, wearing diadem. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΙ ΓΕΛΩΝΟΣ (Greek) Eagle standing right on thunderbolt. In field, BA and Σ. 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:

Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 217 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.423.42 g <br />3,420 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 4 litrai
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 5 Sicily1SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 898, Caccamo Caltabiano - Carroccio - Oteri 19972Caccamo Caltabiano - Carroccio - Oteri 1997, n° 285-298, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1563
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.caltabiano 1997.285-298

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. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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 ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike

References

^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
^ Caccamo Caltabiano, Maria - Carroccio, Benedetto - Oteri, Emilia (1997), Siracusa ellenistica. Le monete ‘regali’ di Ierone II, della sua famiglia e dei Siracusani, Messina, 1997, 255 p., liii pl.
^ 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.