2740 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (New York Sale, 20, Jan. 2009, 101)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2740

287 BCE - 278 BCEΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1676_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-eagle).jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	New York Sale, 20, 7 Jan. 2009, 101

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. In left field, A. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Syracuse

Ancient regionAncient region.

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:

Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 287 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.878.87 g <br />8,870 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 167-168, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1449, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.326

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:

Syracuse

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Magna Graecia (Sicily)

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Traces of overstriking"