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339 BCE - 317 BCEΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Bertolami, EA 71, 16 June 2019, 463
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ (Greek) Head of Zeus Eleutherios left, wearing laurel wreath. Linear border.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣYPAKOΣIΩN (Greek) Thunderbolt. Linear border.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Syracuse
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Magna Graecia (Sicily)
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Timoleon (Greek statesman and general, c. 345-337 BC)
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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
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Classical and Hellenistic 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: 7.497.49 g <br />7,490 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination C
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet left. Dolphin and/or pellet to right.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Hippocamp swimming left.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 375 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 344 BCE
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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:
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denomination B
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References
References
- a b Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- a b Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
- 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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