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|Metal=Bronze | |Metal=Bronze | ||
|Weight=31.60 | |Weight=31.60 | ||
|Denomination=drachma | |||
|Coin series reference=Calciati 1987, p. 121, n° 5; HGC 2, n° 47 | |Coin series reference=Calciati 1987, p. 121, n° 5; HGC 2, n° 47 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agyrium.cns_iii.5-10 | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agyrium.cns_iii.5-10 | ||
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|Overstruck date to=367 BCE | |Overstruck date to=367 BCE | ||
|Overstruck period=Classical | |Overstruck period=Classical | ||
|Overstruck denomination=drachma | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62; SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469; HGC 2, n° 1436 | |Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62; SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469; HGC 2, n° 1436 | ||
|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 | ||
Revision as of 16:30, 27 July 2023
344 BCE - 336 BCEΑΓΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
Agyrium_2555_Heritage.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse SO 2263.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Heritage Auctions Europe / MPO Auctions, 76, 14 Nov. 2022, 3107 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΑΓΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Forpart of man-headed bull right. In upper field, ΠΑΛΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ. All within linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Agyrium | 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.. 336 BCE | Classical 480-323 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: 31.6031.6 g <br />31,600 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 121, n° 5, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 47 | |
| 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 | 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. 405 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.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | drachma
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19863Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1436 | ||
| 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 a Drachm of Syracuse, still visible the helmeted head of Athena under the image of Agyrion" | ||
References
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, 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.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
