2664 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/thunderbolt) over Syracuse (Athena/hippocamp) (Bertolami, EA 71, June 2019, 463)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2664

339 BCE - 317 BCEΖΕΥΣ ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΣ | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1657_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-thunderbolt).png [1]

Overstruck variety

Syracuse_Athena-hippocamp.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	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.

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	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:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.304

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet left. Dolphin and/or pellet to right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Hippocamp swimming left.

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:

Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC)

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

Classical ^{480-323 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° 34-45, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 426-433, 434-453, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1456, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 323, n° 303
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.303

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a Hemilitron (Athena / Hippocamp; CNS 34-45)"

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.