2284 - Alaesa (AE Sicilia/torch & grain ears) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (NAC, May 2004, 73)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2284

344 BCE - 339 BCEΣΙΚΕΛΙΑ | ΣYMMAXIKON

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, 12 May 2004, 73

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΙΚΕΛΙΑ (Greek) Head of Sicily right, wearing necklace, earrings and stephane. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣYMMAXIKON (Greek) Lighted torch between two grain ears.

Mint and issuing power

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

Alaesa

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. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 339 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 445-446, n° 12-12/4, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 183
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/alaesa.cns ii.12

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΥΡΑ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish

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:

drachma

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62, SNG ANS 5 Sicily3SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1436
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.302

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Usual traces of overstrike on a Syracusan drachm"