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|Sale=Bertolami, e-live auction 71 (16/06/2019), no. 463
|Image overstriking coin=SO_1657_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-thunderbolt).png
|Sale=Bertolami, EA 71, 16 June 2019, 463
|Obverse legend=ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ
|Obverse legend=ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Head of Zeus Eleutherios left, wearing laurel wreath. Linear border.
|Obverse description=Head of Zeus Eleutherios left, wearing laurel wreath. Linear border.
|Reverse legend=ΣYPAKOΣIΩN
|Reverse legend=ΣYPAKOΣIΩN
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Thunderbolt. Linear border.
|Reverse description=Thunderbolt. Linear border.
|Mint=Syracuse
|Mint=Syracuse
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
|Authority=Timoleon (Greek statesman and general, c. 345-337 BC)
|Authority=Timoleon (Greek statesman and general, c. 345-337 BC)
|Date from=339
|Date from=339 BCE
|Date to=317
|Date to=317 BCE
|Period=Classical and Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=7.49
|Weight=7.49
|Diameter=20
|Diameter=20
|Axis=6 h
|Axis=6
|Coin series reference=SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, no. 489;R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. II, no. 74;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 1485
|Denomination=denomination C
|Coin series reference=Calciati 1986, n° 74 ; SNG ANS 5 Sicily, 489 ; HGC 2, n° 1485 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 323, n° 304 (eagle on the reverse)
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.304
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena.
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena.
|Overstruck reverse description=Hippocamp.
|Overstruck reverse description=Hippocamp.

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2664


339 BCE - 317 BCEΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
SO_1657_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-thunderbolt).png
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Bertolami, EA 71, 16 June 2019, 463

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Head of Zeus Eleutherios left, wearing laurel wreath. Linear border. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣYPAKOΣIΩN (Greek) Thunderbolt. 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: Timoleon (Greek statesman and general, c. 345-337 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 339 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 BCE Classical and Hellenistic 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: 7.497.49 g <br />7,490 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination C AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 74, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 489, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1485, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 323, n° 304 (eagle on the reverse)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Hippocamp.
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : CNS 34-455CNS 34-45
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: