SO 1424 - Scylletium over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2152

350 BCE - 325 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1424 - Scylletium over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics EA 17 (25/04/2015), lot 54
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Fr. James Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head left, wearing laureate pileus. Linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Skylla riding left on two dogs-fishs, holding club.

Mint and issuing power

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

Scylletium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (Bruttium)

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 BCE

Classical 480-323 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: 6.776.77 g <br />6,770 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, n° 1992-1993., HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2565, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1722
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/scylletium.hn italy.2565

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Usually attributed to Skylletion in Bruttium on the basis of the Skylla on the reverse, this type has been found in excavations in Locri and in north-central Sicily and is often found overstruck on a Syracusan litra, such as with this coin. Traces of the undertype can be seen on the pileus on the obverse.