2679 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over uncertain type (CNG, 58, Sept. 2001, 90)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2679

353 BCE - 344 BCE | ΑΔΡΑΝIΤΑΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 58, 19 Sept. 2001, 90 = Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2007, 109
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	C. G. Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo with long hair left, wearing laurel wreath, within linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΔΡΑΝIΤΑΝ (Greek) Cithara within linear border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Adranum

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

classical 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: 15.8215.82 g <br />15,820 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dilitron	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 1155, Calciati 19872Calciati 1987, p. 329-332, 1 OS/3, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 42-43
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/adranum.puglisi 2009.4-5

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

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

dilitron

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on uncertain type"

References

^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, 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.