2409 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Persephone/biga) (MacDonald coll., 45)
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Revision as of 18:49, 16 August 2022
288 - 270 | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
Images
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus left. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Syracuse - pretended mint (imitation) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | Modern countryModern country: | 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: | Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC) - pretended authority (imitation) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 288 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 | 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: 6.866.86 g <br />6,860 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 10 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 63, no. 45 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | R. Calciati1R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. II, p. 301-305, no. 151-158 (imitation of this variety), 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. 1449 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of Persephone left. Behin, symbol (visible on obverse: profile of Persephone from forehead to neck, Ω, traces of other letters). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Biga driven by Nike galloping right (visible on reverse: heads and legs of horses, trace of letter or symbol). |
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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 288 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. 258-264, types 123-126 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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