19718 - Aetna (AE river-god/star) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (CNG, MBS 60, May 2002, 143)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 19718

345 BCE - 337 BCEAΛAIΣINΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 60, 22 May 2002, 143

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

AΛAIΣINΩN (Greek) Head of horned river-god to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eight-rayed star

Mint and issuing power

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

Aetna

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:

Campanian mercenaries

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 345 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 337 BCE

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: 8.418.41 g <br />8,410 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: litra
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 337, n° 1 OS, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1306, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 181
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/alaesa aetna.puglisi 2009.56

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣYPA (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bridled hippocamp swimming left

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:

Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 367 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:

litra

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, n° 34, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 426-433, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1456
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.303

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a Syracusan Æ Litra, Athena/Hippocamp (Calciati II pg. 86, 41), with the head of the hippocamp visible on the reverse"