2181 - Petra (AE Zeus/Aphrodite) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Roma Numismatics, EA 5, Feb. 2014, 138)
From SILVER
340 - 330 | ΠΕΤΡΙΝΩΝ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma NumLtd, E5 (01/02/2014), no. 138 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | J. Swithenbank collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus Eleutherios right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠΕΤΡΙΝΩΝ Aphrodite seated right, wearing chiton, holding dove in extended left hand. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Petra | 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. 340 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 | 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: 27.2527.25 g <br />27,250 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, no. 614, R. Calciati2R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. III, 317, 1, O. D. Hoover3O. 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. 1097 |
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. 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: | Calciati II S. 111 Nr. 624Calciati II S. 111 Nr. 62 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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