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

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2364

289 BCE - 287 BCEΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1661_-_Syracuse_(AE_Heracles-lion).jpg

Traces of the overstruck variety

1661_Syracuse_Artemis-thunderbolt_(drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of young 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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 287 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: 7.287.28 g <br />7,280 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 57, n° 39	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 292, n° 151, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1465, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 326, n° 319
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.319

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ (Greek) 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 (Greek) 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. 295 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 289 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denomination B

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, p. 277, n° 142-145, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 708-731, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1537, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 327, n° 322
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.322

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

a b Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
a b Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,

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+|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=1661_Syracuse_Artemis-thunderbolt_(drawing).jpg
+|Private collection=David MacDonald collection
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+|Obverse legend language=Greek
+|Obverse description=Head of young Herakles right, wearing diadem. In left field, bow. Border of dots.
 |Reverse description=Lion leaping right. Above, club. In exergue, spear right. Border of dots.
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 |Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
 |Authority=Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)
-|Date from=289
+|Date from=289 BCE
-|Date to=287
+|Date to=287 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=7.28
 |Diameter=25
-|Axis=11 h
+|Axis=11
-|Coin reference=D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 57, no. 39
+|Denomination=denomination B
-|Coin series reference=R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. II, p. 292, no. 151;O. 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
+|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 57, n° 39
+|Coin series reference=Calciati 1986, p. 292, n° 151 ; HGC 2, n° 1465 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 326, n° 319
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.319
 |Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ
+|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
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+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck reverse description=Thunderbolt (visible on reverse: traces of fulmen, ΒΑΣ).
 |Overstruck mint=Syracuse
 |Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
 |Overstruck authority=Agathocles of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse in 317-289 BC and self-styled king of Sicily in 304-289 BC)
-|Overstruck date from=304
+|Overstruck date from=295 BCE
-|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati, CNS, vol. 2, p. 277-280, no. 142-143
+|Overstruck date to=289 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Overstruck denomination=denomination B
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, p. 277, n° 142-145 ; SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 708-731 ; HGC 2, n° 1537 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 327, n° 322
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.322
 }}