2484 - Syracuse (Timoleon) (tridrachm Pegasus/Athena) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 75, May 2007, 83)
From SILVER
343 - 317 | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 75, 23 May 2007, 83. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasos flying left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet. |
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: | Timoleon (Greek statesman and general, c. 345-337 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 343 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 | 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: 8.548.54 g <br />8,540 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tridrachm | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 7 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| StandardStandard.: Corinthian | |||
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. 494-510 (507: same dies)., 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. 1400 |
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: | |||
