23647 - Aetna (bronze Persephone/horse) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (Nomos, Obolos 30, Dec. 2023, 78)
From SILVER
354 BCE - 338 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Nomos, Obolos 30, 17 Dec. 2023, 78 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the Dr. Paul Peter Urone Collection, acquired from Frank Kovacs, 11 November 1989. |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Persephone to right, wearing grain wreath | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse galloping right |
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. 354 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 338 BCE | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze 
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.028.02 g <br />8,020 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: trias | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | ||
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet left. Dolphin and/or pellet to right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | 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. 375 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.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | denomination B |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 34-45, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 426-433, 434-453, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1456, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 323, n° 303 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Traces of overstriking were noted in the description of the CNG piece but the host coin could not be identified. On our coin, however, it is possible to distinguish a small dolphin at 4 o'clock on the obverse. This remnant of the undertype strongly suggests that the host coin is a Syracusan litra struck under Dionysios I, which sometimes featured dolphins around the obverse head of Athena (CNS 44; Nomos 27, lot 1049) and was struck to the same standard and employed cast flans similar to that of the present piece." | ||
