2491 - Syracuse (10 litrai Persephone/Zeus) over Hieronymus (Hieronymus/thunderbolt) (Triton, Jan. 2013, 243)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2491

214 BCE - 212 BCE | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_189_-_Syracuse_(10_litrai_Persephone-Zeus).jpg

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Triton, 16 Jan. 2013, n° 243 ; Numismatica Ars Classica, 29, 11 May 2005, 135 ; Lanz, 36, 21 April 1986, 115.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	A. D. Moretti collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Persephone left, wearing earring, necklace and wreath of grain ears. In field, long torch. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣYPAKOΣIΩN (Greek) Zeus Strategos standing facing, head right, wearing himation, holding scepter. To left, XAP above eagle flying .

Mint and issuing power

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

Syracuse

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 214 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.478.47 g <br />8,470 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 10 litrai	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Babelon 19241Babelon 1924, n° 1394 (same dies), Burnett 19832Burnett 1983, p. 24, n° 38 (same dies as illustration), HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1413
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.burnett 1983.38

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Hieronymos left. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕOΣ IEPONYMOY (Greek) Winged thunderbolt. Magistrate name above.

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:

Hieronymus of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 215-214 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 214 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

10 litrai

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Holloway 19694Holloway 1969, n° 6-14, 21-30, 33-36, 40-50, 52, 55-59, 61, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1567
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.holloway 1969.3-16 18-38 40-52 55-60

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a 10 Litrai of Hieronymos"

References

^ Babelon, Jean (1924-1936), Catalogue de la collection de Luynes : monnaies grecques, 4 vol., Paris, Bibliothèque nationale.
^ Burnett, Andrew M. (1983), "The Enna hoard and the silver coinage of the Syracusan Democracy", Revue Suisse de Numismatique, 62, p. 5-26, pl. 1-10.
a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
^ Holloway, Ross R. (1969), The Thirteen-Months Coinage of Hieronymos of Syracuse, AMUGS, III, Berlin, 47 p., 12 pl., 27.5 cm