2364 - Syracuse (AE Heracles/lion) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (MacDonald coll., 39)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2364

289 - 287ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of Herakles right, wearing diadem. In left field, bow. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Lion leaping right. Above, club. In exergue, spear right. Border of dots.

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:

Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 289 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 287

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: 7.287.28 g <br />7,280 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 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 />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 57, no. 39

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

R. Calciati1R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. II, p. 292, no. 151, 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. 1465

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ Head of Artemis right, draped, wearing necklace, quiver at shoulder (visible on obverse: quiver, back of neck and top of head).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ Thunderbolt (visible on reverse: traces of fulmen, ΒΑΣ).

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:

Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 304 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:

Calciati3Calciati, CNS, vol. 2, p. 277-280, no. 142-143

Additional data

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