Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Minerva/prow) over Syracuse (Apollo/Dioscuri) (Hersh 1953, 30a)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 26318


211 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstruck variety
Ref_hieron_apollo_dioscuri.jpg [1]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : D'Ailly collection, 2169 = Bahr. 43, Bon

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Helmeted head of Minerva, right. Above, four pellets ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. Above, corn-ear. Before, four pellets.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Sicily (uncertain Roman 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.. 210 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.4910.49 g <br />10,490 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triens Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Hersh 1953, n°30a (no illustration) Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°195b, RRC2RRC, n°72/13
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo l. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ (Greek) Dioscuri riding r.
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 275 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Sicily3BMC Sicily, Syracuse n°678f, Calciati 19864Calciati 1986, n°205, Puglisi 20095Puglisi 2009, n°345
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on Syracusan issue of the Democracy (215-212 b.c.) (Apollo 1. /Dioscuri riding r.)"

References

  1. ^  Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
  2. ^  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
  3. ^  Poole, Reginald Stuart (1876), A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Sicily, London, p.XII, p.292
  4. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  5. ^  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.