2208 - Syracuse (AE Zeus/eagle) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (VCoins seller: Shick Coins)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2208

287 BCE - 278 BCEΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1672_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-eagle).jpg

Overstruck variety

Agathocles Artemis Soteira-thunderbolt.jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Shick Coins (Vcoins)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Zeus Hellanios right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Syracuse

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:

Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 287 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278 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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dénomination A/B
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 167-168, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1449, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.326

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ (Greek) Head of Artemis r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ (Greek) Winged thunderbolt

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:

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19861Calciati 1986, n° 138 or 189 or 142-145, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1461 or 1462 or 1537, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, n° 322 or 323-324
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.322 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.323-324

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike

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.

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 |Image overstriking coin=SO_1672_-_Syracuse_(AE_Zeus-eagle).jpg
+|Image overstruck variety=Agathocles Artemis Soteira-thunderbolt.jpeg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2237972&AucID=5442&Lot=380
 |Sale=Shick Coins (Vcoins)
 |Obverse legend=ΔΙΟΣ ΕΛΛΑΝΙΟΥ
@@ Line 9: / Line 11: @@
 |Reverse description=Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, with opened wings. Linear border.
 |Mint=Syracuse
-|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
+|Ancient region=Sicily
 |Authority=Hicetas (tyrant of Syracuse, 288-279 BC)
 |Date from=287 BCE
@@ Line 19: / Line 21: @@
 |Coin series reference=Calciati 1986, n° 167-168 ; HGC 2, n° 1449 ; Puglisi 2009, p. 328, n° 326
 |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.326
+|Overstruck obverse legend=ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ
+|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Artemis r.
+|Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Winged thunderbolt
+|Overstruck mint=Syracuse
+|Overstruck ancient region=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=295 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=289 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, n° 138 or 189 or 142-145 ; HGC 2, n° 1461 or 1462 or 1537 ; Puglisi 2009, n° 322 or 323-324
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.322 ; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.323-324
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=strong
+|Remarks=nb: no mention of overstrike
 }}