2300 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Tyrrhenians) (AE Athena/Athena) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Peus, 378, April 2004, 71)
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340 - 330ΤΥΡΡΗ
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Peus (04/2004), no. 71 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΤΥΡΡΗ Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. Linear border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Athena standing slighly left, wearing chiton and Attic crested helmet, holding long spear in right hand, left hand resting on shield set on the ground. Linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | Modern countryModern country: unknown | 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: | The Tyrrhenians (the Etruscans of northern Italy) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 340 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | |||
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. 307-310, no. 1, 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. 1657 |
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), Dionysius II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 367-357 and 346-344 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 375 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 II, p. 111, 62-69 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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