26167 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (semis Saturn/prow) over Syracuse (Hieron II/horseman) (Triton, I, Dec. 1997, 903)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26167

211 BCE - 208 BCE | KA ROMA

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Ref hieronII diademed head horseman galloping2.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Triton I, 2 Dec. 1997, 903 = CNG, Electronic Auction 364, 2 Dec. 2015, 43
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Goodman Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Saturn, right. Behind, S.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KA ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. Above, Corn-ear, S.

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.. 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: 18.5418.54 g <br />18,540 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: semis	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°310b, RRC2RRC, n°69/3a, RBW3RBW, n°287
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-69.3

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

IEPΩNOΣ (Greek) Horseman galloping r., holding spear

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. 270 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19864Calciati 1986, n°195, SNG ANS 5 Sicily5SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n°936, Puglisi 20096Puglisi 2009, n°342-343, HGC 27HGC 2, n°1548
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.342

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an issue of Hieron II (HGC 2, 1548), with Hieron's profile visible below Saturn's neck."

References

^ 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
^ Russo, Roberto (2013), The RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins, Numismatica Ars Classica AG, p.407
^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
^ Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
^ 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.