2674 - Alaesa (AE Apollo/torch & grain ears) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Felzmann, 155, March 2016, 10)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2674

344 BCE - 339 BCEΑΡΧΑΓΕΤΑΣ | ΣYMMAXIKON

Images

Overstriking coin

Alaesa_1601_Felzman.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Syracuse SO 2263.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Felzmann, 155, 1 March 2016, 10 = Felzmann, 171, 16 March 2021, 304

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΑΡΧΑΓΕΤΑΣ (Greek) Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣYMMAXIKON (Greek) Lighted torch between two grain ears. All within linear border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Alaesa

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. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 339 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: 24.4424.44 g <br />24,440 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 446-447, n° 14-14/5, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 183-187
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.302

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΥΡΑ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish

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 periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

drachma

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62, SNG ANS 5 Sicily3SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1436
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.302

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"vermutlich Überprägung einer Ausgabe des Dionysios I"