19475 - Agyrium (AE Athena/bow & quiver) over Syracuse (Zeus/thunderbolt) (Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 78, May 2008, 21)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 19475

317 BCE - 280 BCE | ΑΡΓΥΡΙΝΑ…

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 78, 14 May 2008, 21

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing Attic helmet, within linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΡΓΥΡΙΝΑ… (Greek) Bow and quiver

Mint and issuing power

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

Agyrium

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 317 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 280 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: 14.0614.06 g <br />14,060 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemidrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 134-135, n° 19, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 52
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agyrium.puglisi 2009.9

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΙΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Laureate head of Zeus Eleutherios right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) 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:

Timoleon of Corinth (411-337 BCE), Timoleontic symmachy coinage

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 357 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 344 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

hemidrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19863Calciati 1986, p. 167, n° 72, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1440
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.304

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	Overstruck on earlier, Zeus/thunderbolt issue of Agyrion (Castrizio series III, 1; CNS 11) (nb: it may be Agyrium indeed but most likely Syracuse whose coinage is much more abundant)

References

^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, 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.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.