2550 - Agyrium (AE Heracles/man-headed bull) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Gorny & Mosch, 200, Oct. 2011, 1174)
From SILVER
344 - 336ΑΓΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Gorny & Mosch 200 (10/10/2011), no. 1174 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΑΓΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Forpart of man-headed bull right. In upper field, ΠΑΛΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ. All within linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Agyrium | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 344 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 | classical periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 34.2634.26 g <br />34,260 mg <br /> | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | R. Calciati1R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. III, p. 121-122, no. 5-5/17, O. D. Hoover2O. 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. 47 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑ Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath (visible on obverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on reverse) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (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. 410 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | dachma |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati3Calciati, CNS, vol. 2, p 111, no. 62 |
Additional data
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