2491 - Syracuse (10 litrai Persephone/Zeus) over Hieronymus (Hieronymus/thunderbolt) (Triton, Jan. 2013, 243)
From SILVER
214 - 212 | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Triton (16/01/2013), no. 243 ; Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (11/05/2005), no. 135 ; Lanz 36 (21/04/1986), no. 115. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | A. D. Moretti collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Persephone left, wearing earring, necklace and wreath of grain ears. In field, long torch. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣYPAKOΣIΩN Zeus Strategos standing facing, head right, wearing himation, holding scepter. To left, XAP above eagle flying . |
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. 214 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: 8.478.47 g <br />8,470 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 10 litrai 
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 9 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Litra | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | J. Babelon1J. Babelon, Catalogue de la collection de Luynes :
monnaies greques, Bologna, 1977, no. 1394 (same dies), A. Burnett2A. Burnett, "The Enna hoard and the silver coinage of the Syracusan Democracy", SNR 62 (1983), p. 24, no. 38 (same dies as illustration), 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. 1413 |
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: | Hieronymos (Magistrate in Adramyteum, Mysia, c. 117?-138?)? |
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
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | 10 litrai
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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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