288 - 278ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Roma Numismatics (27/05/2017), no. 45 ; Classical Numismatic Group 78 (14/05/2008), no. 120(d)
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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E. Favorito Collection ; R. B. W. Collection
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. Linear border.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Syracuse
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Magna Graecia (Sicily)
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 288 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 mg <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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R. Calciati1R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. II, 154-156 and 167-168, 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. 1449
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Kore (visible on obverse).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Thunderbolt (visible on reverse).
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Syracuse
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Magna Graecia (Sicily)
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ R. Calciati
- ^ O. D. Hoover
