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|Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ | |Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck reverse description= | |Overstruck reverse description=Winged thunderbolt (visible on reverse). | ||
|Overstruck mint=Syracuse | |Overstruck mint=Syracuse | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily | |Overstruck ancient region=Sicily | ||
Latest revision as of 13:52, 2 August 2023
287 BCE - 278 BCEΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
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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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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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: | |||
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.
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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: | |||
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,
