2112 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (MacDonald coll. 33)
From SILVER
354 BCE - 344 BCEΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ | ΑΔΡΑΝIΤΑΝ
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection, n° 33 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ (Greek) Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΔΡΑΝIΤΑΝ (Greek) Cithara within linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Adranum | 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. 354 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 344 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 29.1329.13 g <br />29,130 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma |
AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 49, n° 33 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 329-332, 1 OS/3, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 49, n° 33, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 42-43 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath (visible on obverse: outline of most of helmet) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on reverse: large portions of one dolphin, traces of the second dolphin) |
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 |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | drachma |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19864Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62, SNG ANS 5 Sicily5SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1436 | ||
| 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: | (visible on obverse: outline of most of helmet) (visible on reverse: large portions of one dolphin, traces of the second dolphin) | ||


