2528 - Syracuse (octobol Persephone/Athena) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Brussels, KBR, II 89507)
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|Museum collection=Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, II 89507 | |Museum collection=Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, II 89507 | ||
− | |Sale=Galerie des Monnaies et Antiquités (Paolucci-Luxembourg) 1 | + | |Sale=Galerie des Monnaies et Antiquités (Paolucci-Luxembourg) 1, 26 Sept. 1998, 47. |
|Obverse description=Head of Persephone right, wearing earings, necklace and corn wreath. In field, dolphin. Border of dots. | |Obverse description=Head of Persephone right, wearing earings, necklace and corn wreath. In field, dolphin. Border of dots. | ||
|Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ | |Reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ |
Revision as of 17:33, 20 July 2023
278 BCE - 275 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, II 89507 | Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Galerie des Monnaies et Antiquités (Paolucci-Luxembourg) 1, 26 Sept. 1998, 47. |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Persephone right, wearing earings, necklace and corn wreath. In field, dolphin. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΥΡΡΟΥ (Greek) Athena Promachos left, wearing chiton and himation, holding spear and shield. in field, thunderbolt and cornucopia. |
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: | Pyrrhus (general, Aeacid king of Molossians, Macedonia and Epirus, 306-272 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 278 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.837.83 g <br />7,830 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: cctobol | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2000, p. 189-213 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Thessaly1 , HGC 3.12 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus flying left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Athena left with a corinthian helmet. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Corinth | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Peloponnesus | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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: |
References
- ^ Gardner, Percy (1883), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. V : Thessaly to Aetolia, London, The Trustees, p. 234, pl. 32.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.