2112 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (MacDonald coll. 33)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2112

354 BCE - 344 BCEΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ | ΑΔΡΑΝIΤΑΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Adranum_1584_MacDonald.jpg

Overstruck variety

Syracuse SO 2263.jpg

Traces of the overstruck variety

Adranum_1584_MacDonald_drawing.jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection, n° 33

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝ (Greek) Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΔΡΑΝIΤΑΝ (Greek) Cithara within linear border.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Adranum

Ancient regionAncient region.

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:

Campanian mercenaries

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 354 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 344 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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: 29.1329.13 g <br />29,130 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	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).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 49, n° 33	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 329-332, 1 OS/3, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 49, n° 33, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 42-43
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/adranum.puglisi 2009.4-5

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΥΡΑ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath (visible on obverse: outline of most of helmet)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on reverse: large portions of one dolphin, traces of the second dolphin)

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Syracuse

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 367 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

drachma

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19864Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62, SNG ANS 5 Sicily5SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1436
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.302

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	(visible on obverse: outline of most of helmet) (visible on reverse: large portions of one dolphin, traces of the second dolphin)

References

^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
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.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
^ 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=Adranum_1584_MacDonald_drawing.jpg
+|Image overstruck variety=Syracuse SO 2263.jpg
+|Private collection=D. MacDonald collection, n° 33
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+|Obverse legend language=Greek
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+|Reverse legend=ΑΔΡΑΝIΤΑΝ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Cithara within linear border.
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-|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
+|Ancient region=Sicily
-|Authority=Mercenaries
+|Authority=Campanian mercenaries
-|Date from=400
+|Date from=354 BCE
-|Date to=380
+|Date to=344 BCE
-|Period=classical
+|Period=Classical
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=29.13
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-|Axis=7 h
+|Axis=7
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+|Denomination=drachma
-|Coin series reference=R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. III, p. 329-332, 1 OS/3.;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. 42-43
+|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 49, n° 33
+|Coin series reference=Calciati 1987, p. 329-332, 1 OS/3; MacDonald 2009, p. 49, n° 33; HGC 2, n° 42-43
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/adranum.puglisi_2009.4-5
 |Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΥΡΑ
+|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath (visible on obverse: outline of most of helmet)
 |Overstruck reverse description=Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on reverse: large portions of one dolphin, traces of the second dolphin)
 |Overstruck mint=Syracuse
-|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
+|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily
-|Overstruck date from=410
+|Overstruck authority=Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC)
+|Overstruck date from=400 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=367 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
 |Overstruck denomination=drachma
-|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati, CNS, vol. 2, p. 109-133, no. 62
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62; SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469; HGC 2, n° 1436
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.302
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks=(visible on obverse: outline of most of helmet) (visible on reverse: large portions of one dolphin, traces of the second dolphin)
 }}