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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2201

287 BCE - 278 BCEΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1662_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-eagle).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Agathocles Artemis Soteira-thunderbolt.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Münzen und Medaillen, 8, 10 May 2001, 60 = Gorny & Mosch, 134, Oct. 2004, 1128

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Zeus Hellanios left, wearing laurel wreath. In right field, tropaion. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Syracuse

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:

Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 287 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278 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: 7.517.51 g <br />7,510 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 301-302, n° 154-156, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1448, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.326

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ (Greek) Head of Artemis right, draped, wearing necklace, quiver at shoulder (visible on obverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ (Greek) Winged thunderbolt (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:

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. 295 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 289 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

denomination B

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 277, n° 142-145, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 708-731, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1537, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 327, n° 322
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.322

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Die Münze läßt deutlich das Untergepräge, eine Münze des Agathokles mit der Büste der Artemis Soteira auf der Vorderseite und einem Blitzbündel auf der Rückseite erkennen (Vgl. CNS II S. 275ff.)"

References

a b Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
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.
a b Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,

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+|Image overstriking coin=SO_1662_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-eagle).jpg
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=85902&AucID=93&Lot=1128
+|Image overstruck variety=Agathocles Artemis Soteira-thunderbolt.jpeg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2237972&AucID=5442&Lot=380
+|Sale=Münzen und Medaillen, 8, 10 May 2001, 60 = Gorny & Mosch, 134, Oct. 2004, 1128
 |Obverse legend=ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ
+|Obverse legend language=Greek
 |Obverse description=Head of Zeus Hellanios left, wearing laurel wreath. In right field, tropaion. Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. Linear border.
 |Mint=Syracuse
-|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
+|Ancient region=Sicily
 |Authority=Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)
-|Date from=287
+|Date from=287 BCE
-|Date to=279
+|Date to=278 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=7.51
-|Coin series reference=R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. II, 154-156 and 167-168;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. 1448
+|Denomination=denomination A/B
+|Coin series reference=Calciati 1986, p. 301-302, n° 154-156  ; HGC 2, n° 1448 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.326
 |Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ
+|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Artemis right, draped, wearing necklace, quiver at shoulder (visible on obverse).
 |Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ
-|Overstruck reverse description=Thunderbolt (visible on reverse).
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Winged thunderbolt (visible on reverse).
 |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 date from=295 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=289 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Overstruck denomination=denomination B
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, p. 277, n° 142-145 ; SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 708-731 ; HGC 2, n° 1537 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 327, n° 322
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.322
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="Die Münze läßt deutlich das Untergepräge, eine Münze des Agathokles mit der Büste der Artemis Soteira auf der Vorderseite und einem Blitzbündel auf der Rückseite erkennen (Vgl. CNS II S. 275ff.)"
 }}