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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2260

287 BCE - 278 BCEΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1674_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-eagle).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Agathocles Artemis Soteira-thunderbolt.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatic, EA 36, 27 May 2017, 45 ; Classical Numismatic Group, 78, 14 May 2008, 120(d)
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	E. Favorito Collection ; R. B. W. Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath. 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.

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:

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 167-168, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1449, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.326

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Artemis (visible on obverse).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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. 289 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 287 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

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, n° 138 or 189 or 142-145, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1461 or 1462 or 1537, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, n° 322 or 323-324
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.322 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.323-324

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.

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 |Image overstriking coin=SO_1674_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-eagle).jpg
 |Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1003838&AucID=1948&Lot=45
+|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=Roma Numismatic, EA 36, 27 May 2017, 45 ; Classical Numismatic Group, 78, 14 May 2008, 120(d)
 |Private collection=E. Favorito Collection ; R. B. W. Collection
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 |Coin series reference=Calciati 1986, n° 167-168 ; HGC 2, n° 1449 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326
 |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.326
-|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Kore (visible on obverse).
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Artemis (visible on obverse).
 |Overstruck reverse description=Thunderbolt (visible on reverse).
 |Overstruck mint=Syracuse
 |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 date from=289 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=287 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Overstruck denomination=denomination B
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, n° 138 or 189 or 142-145 ; HGC 2, n° 1461 or 1462 or 1537 ; Puglisi 2009, n° 322 or 323-324
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.322 ; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.323-324
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