2522 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Heracles/lion) (MacDonald coll., 44)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2522

287 BCE - 278 BCEΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΩΙΣΩΚΑΙΩΝ (sic)

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Syracuse_Heracles-lion_HGC_2_1464.jpeg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

1671_Syracuse_Heracles-lion_(drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 44

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΩΙΣΩΚΑΙΩΝ (sic) (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. In left field, monogram. Linear border.

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:

Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 287 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

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: 9.749.74 g <br />9,740 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 62, n° 44	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 157 (D112/R4 - imitation of this variety), p. 301-302, n° 167-8 (imitation of this variety), HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1449 (imitation of this variety), Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326 (imitation of this variety)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.326

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Herakles left (visible on obverse: profile of Herakles from forehead to lips, details of eye, much of outline of hair).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Lion right. Above, club (visible on reverse: rear leg and tail of lion, handle of club).

Mint and issuing power

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

Syracuse

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Magna Graecia (Sicily)

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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

Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 289 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 287 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:

denomination B

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 292, n° 150, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1464, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 326, n° 319
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.319

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Imitation coin"

References

a b Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
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.
a b Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.