3259 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Rome) (AE Mercury/prow) over Syracuse (Poseidon/trident) (RR85325)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3259

211 BCE - 208 BCE | ROMA

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	RR85325 ()??

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, two pellets (mark of value).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Above, grain ear. In right field, K (?).

Mint and issuing power

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

Sicily (uncertain mint)

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:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 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: 5.95.9 g <br />5,900 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Roman

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

RRC1RRC, n° 69/6b, Sydenham 19522Sydenham 1952, n° 310d, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1751

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Poseidon left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Trident head

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:

Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 240 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Calciati 19864Calciati 1986, n° 197, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1550

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"undertype: head of Poseidon left; reverse prow of galley right"

References

^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
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.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.