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{{Overstrike
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group EA 199 (19/11/2008), no. 18.
|Image overstriking coin=Agrigentum_1595_CNG.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=307134&AucID=548&Lot=18
|Image overstruck variety=Syracuse_-_Artemis_Thunderbolt.jpg
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, EA 199, 19 Nov. 2008, 18
|Private collection=D. Alighieri Collection
|Private collection=D. Alighieri Collection
|Obverse description=Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath.  
|Obverse description=Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath.
|Reverse description=Two eagles standing right, devouring dead hare.
|Reverse description=Two eagles standing right, devouring dead hare.
|Mint=Agrigentum
|Mint=Agrigentum
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
|Ancient region=Sicily
|Authority=Phintias (tyrant of Agrigentum, c. 288-279 BC)
|Authority=Phintias (tyrant of Agrigentum, c. 288-279 BC)
|Date from=287
|Date from=288 BCE
|Date to=282
|Date to=279 BCE
|Period=hellenistic
|Period=hellenistic
|Weight=8,39
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=8.39
|Diameter=22
|Diameter=22
|Axis=6 h
|Axis=6
|Coin series reference=R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, 125;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 159
|Denomination=litra
|Overstruck reverse description=Winged thunderbolt.
|Coin series reference=Calciati 1987, n° 125; SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 1128; HGC 2, n° 158-160
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agrigentum.puglisi_2009.33
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΩTEIPA
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck obverse description=Draped bust of Artemis Soteira to right, quiver over her shoulder
|Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣIΛEΩΣ - AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Winged thunderbolt
|Overstruck mint=Syracuse
|Overstruck mint=Syracuse
|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily
|Overstruck authority=Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)
|Overstruck authority=Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)
|Coin series reference overstruck=CNS 142
|Overstruck date from=304 BCE
|Overstruck date to=289 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=litra
|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, n° 142; SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 708; HGC 2, n° 1537
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.322
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="Overstruck on an issue of Agathokles (CNS 142)"
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 08:40, 3 August 2023

Overstrike Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 2488


288 BCE - 279 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Agrigentum_1595_CNG.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse_-_Artemis_Thunderbolt.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: Classical Numismatic Group, EA 199, 19 Nov. 2008, 18
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: D. Alighieri Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Two eagles standing right, devouring dead hare.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Agrigentum 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: Phintias (tyrant of Agrigentum, c. 288-279 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 288 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 279 BCE hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.398.39 g <br />8,390 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: litra Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, n° 125, SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 1128, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 158-160
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΣΩTEIPA (Greek) Draped bust of Artemis Soteira to right, quiver over her shoulder ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣIΛEΩΣ - AΓAΘOKΛEOΣ (Greek) Winged thunderbolt
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: 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. 304 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 289 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: litra Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: Calciati 19864Calciati 1986, n° 142, SNG ANS 4 Sicily2SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 708, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1537
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on an issue of Agathokles (CNS 142)"
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