2662 - Syracuse (8 litrai Persephone/quadriga) over uncertain type (Heritage Signature, NYINC 3071, Jan. 2019, 34012)
From SILVER
213 - 212 | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Heritage Signature Sale 3071 (06/01/2019), no. 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 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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 | 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: 6,78",78" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 8 litrai 
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| 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: | A. Burnett1A. Burnett, "The Enna hoard and the silver coinage of the Syracusan Democracy", SNR 62 (1983), p. 25, no. 51, 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. 1416 |
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: | ||
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