2149 - Adranum (AE - Apollo/lyre) over uncertain type (M&M, 21, May 2007, 53)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2149

352 BCE - 344 BCE | ΑΔΡΑΝIΤΑΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Adranum_1588_M&M.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Münzen & Medaillen, 21, 24 May 2007, 53 (Spink & Son Ltd., London) = Roma Numismatics, EA 47, 28 June 2018, 78 = Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), 13 Jan. 2023, 40012
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	collection of a Scientist

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo with short hair left, wearing laurel wreath, within linear border.

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. 352 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 344 BCE

classical 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: 7.017.01 g <br />7,010 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: litra	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
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:	HGC 21HGC 2, n° 44
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/adranum.puglisi 2009.4-5

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Chronology

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

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an uncertain type"