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|Sale=Ebay seller variana_museum | |Image overstriking coin=SO_1688_-_Syracuse_(AE_Heracles-Athena).png | ||
|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=Ebay seller variana_museum, 10 June 2018 | |||
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. In right field, club. | |Obverse description=Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. In right field, club. | ||
|Reverse description=Athena standing right, wearing chiton and helmet, holding spear with right hand and shield attached on left arm. In left field, A and ivy leaf (?). Borer of dots. | |Reverse description=Athena standing right, wearing chiton and helmet, holding spear with right hand and shield attached on left arm. In left field, A and ivy leaf (?). Borer of dots. | ||
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|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily) | |Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily) | ||
|Authority=Pyrrhus (general, Aeacid king of Molossians, Macedonia and Epirus, 306-272 BC) | |Authority=Pyrrhus (general, Aeacid king of Molossians, Macedonia and Epirus, 306-272 BC) | ||
|Date from=278 | |Date from=278 BCE | ||
|Date to=276 | |Date to=276 BCE | ||
|Coin series reference= | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Bronze | |||
|Denomination=denomination A/B | |||
|Coin series reference=Calciati 1986, n° 178 ; HGC 2, n° 1451 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 330 | |||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.330 | |||
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ | |||
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Artemis right (visible on obverse)? | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Artemis right (visible on obverse)? | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Thunderbolt (visible on reverse)? | |Overstruck reverse description=Thunderbolt (visible on reverse)? | ||
|Overstruck mint=Syracuse | |Overstruck mint=Syracuse | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily) | |Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily) | ||
|Overstruck authority=Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC) | |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 ; HGC 2, n° 1537 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 327, n° 322 | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.322 | |||
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Revision as of 15:21, 24 July 2023
278 BCE - 276 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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SO_1688_-_Syracuse_(AE_Heracles-Athena).png
Overstruck variety
Agathocles Artemis Soteira-thunderbolt.jpeg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Ebay seller variana_museum, 10 June 2018 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. In right field, club. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Athena standing right, wearing chiton and helmet, holding spear with right hand and shield attached on left arm. In left field, A and ivy leaf (?). Borer of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (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: | Pyrrhus (general, Aeacid king of Molossians, Macedonia and Epirus, 306-272 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 278 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 276 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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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, n° 178, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1451, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 330 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ (Greek) Head of Artemis right (visible on obverse)? | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ (Greek) 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 | Magna Graecia (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, 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: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
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.
