2334 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Freeman & Sear, MBS 15, June 2008, 23)
From SILVER
344 - 336ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group (03/06/2009), no. 144 ; Freeman & Sear, MBS 15 (27/06/2008), no. 23 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Cithara within linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Adranum | 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: | Mercenaries |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 344 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 | classical 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: 30.9230.92 g <br />30,920 mg <br /> | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | R. Calciati1R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. III, p. 329-332, 1 OS/3., 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. 42-43 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑ Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath (visible on obverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on 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: | Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC) |
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: | Calciati II3Calciati II, 62 and SNG ANS 454ff |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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