2615 - Syracuse (AE Heracles/lion) over uncertain type (Gorny, 216, Oct. 2013, 2172)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2615

289 BCE - 287 BCEΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch, 216, 15 Oct. 2013, 2172

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Herakles right, wearing diadem. In left field, bow. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Lion leaping right. Above, club. In exergue, spear right. Border of dots.

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:

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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.16.1 g <br />6,100 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 292, n° 151, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1465, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 326, n° 319
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.319

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:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägungsspuren"

References

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