1816 - Rome (AE Minerva/prow) over Syracuse (Hiero) (Hiero/thunderbolt) (Hersh 1953, 28b)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1816

211 BCE - 208 BCE | ROMA

Images

Overstriking coin

Hersh_28b2.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref_hieronymus_head_thunderbolt.png [2]

Traces of the overstruck variety

Hersh_OV_28b.png [3]

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Minerva right. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Above, grain ear. In right field, KA (?).

Mint and issuing power

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

Sicily (uncertain mint)

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:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 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: 7.147.14 g <br />7,140 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triens

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Hersh 1953, n°28b.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	RRC1RRC, n°69/1
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-69.1

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Hieron left, wearing diadem. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ IEPONYMOY (Greek) Winged thunderbolt.

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:

Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 214 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	BMC Sicily2BMC Sicily, Syracuse, n°645 f, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, n°346
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.346

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on Syracusan issue of Hierony 215 B.C (Hieronymus l./winged thunderbolt) ; as on B.M.C. Sicily, Syracuse 645f."

References

^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
^ Poole, Reginald Stuart (1876), A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Sicily, London, p.XII, p.292
^ Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.

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-|Obverse description=Head of Saturne or Minerva right. Border of dots.
+|Image overstriking coin=Hersh_28b2.png
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42662949?seq=6
+|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=Hersh_OV_28b.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42662949?seq=6
+|Image overstruck variety=Ref_hieronymus_head_thunderbolt.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10310530x
+|Obverse description=Head of Minerva right. Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=ROMA
+|Reverse legend language=Latin
 |Reverse description=Prow of galley right. Above, grain ear. In right field, KA (?).
-|Mint=Rome
+|Mint=Sicily (uncertain mint)
-|Ancient region=Latium
+|Ancient region=Sicily
 |Authority=Roman Republic
+|Date from=211 BCE
+|Date to=208 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=7.14
-|Denomination=triens (light)
+|Denomination=triens
-|Standard=sextantal or uncial
+|Coin reference=Hersh 1953, n°28b.
-|Coin reference=Ch. A. Hersh, "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6/13 (1953), p. 33-68, pl. 5, n° 28b.
+|Coin series reference=RRC, n°69/1
-|Coin series reference=M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974,
+|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-69.1
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Hieron left, wearing diadem. Border of dots.
 |Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ IEPONYMOY
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck reverse description=Winged thunderbolt.
 |Overstruck mint=Syracuse
 |Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
 |Overstruck authority=Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)
-|Coin series reference overstruck=BMC Sicily, Syracuse 645 f.
+|Overstruck date from=215 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=214 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=BMC Sicily, Syracuse, n°645 f; Puglisi 2009, n°346
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.346
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="overstruck on Syracusan issue of Hierony 215 B.C (Hieronymus l./winged thunderbolt) ; as on B.M.C. Sicily, Syracuse 645f."
 }}