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|Metal=Bronze | |Metal=Bronze | ||
|Coin series reference=Calciati 1986, p. 301-302, n° 154-156 | |Coin series reference=Calciati 1986, p. 301-302, n° 154-156 ; HGC 2, n° 1448 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.326 | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.326 | ||
|Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ | |Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ | ||
Latest revision as of 06:56, 4 November 2023
287 BCE - 278 BCEΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 443, 1 May 2019, 10 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Zeus Hellanios left, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN (Greek) Eagle left, wings opened. |
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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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 301-302, n° 154-156, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1448, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of young Herakles right, wearing diadem. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Lion leaping right. Above, club. Border of dots. |
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. 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.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 151, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1465, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 326, n° 319 | ||
| 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: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "One overstruck on an issue of Agathokles (head of Herakles / lion [CNS 151])" | ||
