2352 - Alaesa (AE Apollo/torch & grain ears) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Pecunem, 37, Nov. 2015, 22)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2352

332 - 317ΑΡΧΑΓΕΤΑΣ | ΣYMMAXIKON

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Pecunem Gitbud & Naumann 37 (01/11/2015), no. 22

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΑΡΧΑΓΕΤΑΣ Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣYMMAXIKON Lighted torch between two grain ears. In field, A-Λ.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Alaesa

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. 332 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317

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: 33.2933.29 g <br />33,290 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3131 mm <br />3.1 cm <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. II, p. 446-447, no. 14-14/5, 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. 186

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

SNG ANS 454-4693SNG ANS 454-469

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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