3496 - Agyrium (AE Heracles/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (MacDonald coll., 34)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3496

344 BCE - 336 BCEΑΓΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 60, 22 May 2002, 124 = Classical Numismatic Group, MBS, 21 May 2003, 69
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	MacDonald coll., n° 34

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΑΓΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Forpart of man-headed bull right. In upper field, ΠΑΛΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ. All within linear border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Agyrium

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. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 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: 27.427.4 g <br />27,400 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 5°, n° 34	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 121, n° 5, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 5°, n° 34, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 47
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agyrium.cns iii.5-10

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΥΡΑ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on reverse)

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:

Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 405 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 367 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

drachma

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19864Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62, SNG ANS 5 Sicily5SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1436
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.302

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a Syracusan Æ Drachm, Athena/Dolphins flanking octopus (Calciati II pg. 111, 62), with much of the undertype visible"