2662 - Syracuse (8 litrai Persephone/quadriga) over uncertain type (Heritage Signature, NYINC 3071, Jan. 2019, 34012)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2662

213 BCE - 212 BCE | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_185_-_Syracuse_(8_litrai_Persephone-quadriga).jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Heritage Signature, NYINC 3071, 6 Jan. 2019, 34012, HID02901242017.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Persephone left, wearing earring, necklace, grain ear wreath. In field, bee.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Nike driving quadriga left, holding filleted palm and, reins. In field, ΣY and monograms.

Mint and issuing power

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

Syracuse

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. 213 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.786.78 g <br />6,780 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 8 litrai	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Litra/Chalkous

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Burnett 19831Burnett 1983, p. 25, n° 51, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1416
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.burnett 1983.51-53

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:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck"

References

^ Burnett, Andrew M. (1983), "The Enna hoard and the silver coinage of the Syracusan Democracy", Revue Suisse de Numismatique, 62, p. 5-26, pl. 1-10.
^ 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.