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|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Artemis r. | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Artemis r. | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Winged thunderbolt | |Overstruck reverse description=Winged thunderbolt | ||
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287 BCE - 278 BCEΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | New York Sale, 20, 7 Jan. 2009, 101 | |
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. In left field, A. Linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Syracuse | 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: | 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.
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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: 8.878.87 g <br />8,870 mg <br /> | 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° 167-168, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1449, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ (Greek) Head of Artemis r. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (Greek) Winged thunderbolt |
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: | 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
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: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Traces of overstriking" | ||
