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|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Six dots above and beneath the legend. All within wreath.
|Reverse description=Six dots above and beneath the legend. All within wreath.
|Mint=Mytistratos
|Mint=Mytistratus
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
|Ancient region=Sicily
|Date from=340 BCE
|Authority=Campanian mercenaries
|Date to=330 BCE
|Date from=354 BCE
|Date to=344 BCE
|Period=Classical
|Period=Classical
|Metal=Bronze
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=30.99
|Weight=30.99
|Diameter=31
|Diameter=31
|Denomination=hemilitron
|Denomination=drachma
|Standard=Litra
|Coin series reference=Calciati 1987, p. 293 Em. 1 OS/1-1 OS/9 ; HGC 2, n° 953
|Coin series reference=Calciati 1987, p. 293 Em. 1 OS/1-1 OS/9 ; HGC 2, n° 953
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytistratum.cns_iii.1
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mytistratum.cns_iii.1
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΥΡΑ
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΥΡΑ
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of "Athena" left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath (visible on reverse)
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath (visible on reverse)
|Overstruck reverse description=Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on obverse).
|Overstruck reverse description=Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on obverse).
|Overstruck mint=Syracuse
|Overstruck mint=Syracuse
|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily
|Overstruck authority=Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC); Dionysius II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 367-357 and 346-344 BC)
|Overstruck authority=Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC)
|Overstruck date from=375 BCE
|Overstruck date from=400 BCE
|Overstruck date to=344 BCE
|Overstruck date to=367 BCE
|Overstruck period=Classical
|Overstruck period=Classical
|Overstruck denomination=denomination AA
|Overstruck denomination=drachma
|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, p. 109-133, n° 62-69 ; SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469 ; HGC 2, n° 1436 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 322, n° 302
|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, p. 109-133, n° 62-69 ; SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469 ; HGC 2, n° 1436 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 322, n° 302
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.302
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.302
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="Overstruck on Syracusan bronze, Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet / Sea-star between two dolphins, cf. CNS II 62; SNG ANS 455"
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 14:31, 2 August 2023

Overstrike Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 2262


354 BCE - 344 BCE | MY

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_1633_-_Mytistratos_(AE_Hephaestus-laurel_wreath).jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse Athena-dolphins.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: Roma Numismatics Ltd, EA 20, 29 Aug. 2015, 83

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Hephaestus right, wearing pileus. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: MY (Greek) Six dots above and beneath the legend. All within wreath.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Mytistratus 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. 354 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 344 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org 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: 30.9930.99 g <br />30,990 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 293 Em. 1 OS/1-1 OS/9, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 953
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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 reverse) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on obverse).
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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 367 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: drachma Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: Calciati 19863Calciati 1986, p. 109-133, n° 62-69, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1436, Puglisi 20095Puglisi 2009, p. 322, n° 302
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 Syracusan bronze, Head of Athena wearing Corinthian helmet / Sea-star between two dolphins, cf. CNS II 62; SNG ANS 455"

References

  1. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  2. 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.
  3. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  4. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
  5. ^  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.

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