Sicily (Rome) (sextans Mercury/prow) over Syracuse (Hieron II) (Poseidon/trident) (Forum Ancient Coins, RR85325)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26090

211 BCE - 208 BCE | IC ROMA

Images

Overstriking coin

RR85325.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref syracuse head trident.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Forum Ancient Coins, RR85325

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Mercury, right.Above, two pellets

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

IC ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. Above, corn-ear

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.865.86 g <br />5,860 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 19.619.6 mm <br />1.96 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	BMCRR1BMCRR, Italy n°280, Sydenham 19522Sydenham 1952, n°310d, RRC3RRC, n°69/6b, Sear 20004Sear 2000, n°1211
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-69.6

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Poseidon.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

IERΩNOS (Greek) Trident. Dolphin to left.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Syracuse

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Magna Graecia (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. 263 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denomination C/D

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19865Calciati 1986, n°197, HGC 26HGC 2, n°1550, Puglisi 20097Puglisi 2009, n°339
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.339

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a Syracuse AE [...] undertype: Calciati II 197, HGC 2 1550"

References

^ Grueber, Herbert A. (1910), Coins of the Roman Republic in the British museum, Trustees of the British Museum Pubs., vol.3, pl.123
^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
^ Sear, David R. (2000), Roman coins and their values. Volume 1, The republic and the twelve Caesars : 280 BC - AD 96, Spink, p.532
^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
^ 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.