3363 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Heracles/prow) over Syracuse (Hiero) (Hiero/horseman) (Aegean Numismatics, March 2018)

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{{Overstrike
|Sale=Aegean Numismatics (03/2018).
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|Image overstriking coin=Aegean_2018.png
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|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=OV_Aegean_2018.jpg
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|Image overstruck variety=Ref hieronII diademed head horseman galloping2.jpg
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|Image reference overstruck variety=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10616150
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|Sale=Aegean Numismatics , March 2018
 
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots.
 
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots.
 
|Reverse legend=ROMA
 
|Reverse legend=ROMA
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|Reverse legend language=Latin
 
|Reverse description=Prow of galley right. Below, 3 pellets.
 
|Reverse description=Prow of galley right. Below, 3 pellets.
 
|Mint=Rome
 
|Mint=Rome
 
|Ancient region=Latium
 
|Ancient region=Latium
 
|Authority=Roman Republic
 
|Authority=Roman Republic
|Date from=215
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|Date from=215 BCE
|Date to=212
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|Date to=212 BCE
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|Period=Hellenistic
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|Metal=Bronze
 
|Weight=16.27
 
|Weight=16.27
 
|Diameter=28
 
|Diameter=28
 
|Denomination=quadrans
 
|Denomination=quadrans
|Coin series reference=M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 41/8b.
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|Coin series reference=Sydenham 1952, n°106; RRC, n°41/8b.
|Overstruck obverse description=(visible: nose and eyes of Hieron).
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|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-41.8
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|Overstruck obverse description=Diademed head left
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|Overstruck reverse legend=IEPΩNOΣ
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|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
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|Overstruck reverse description=Horseman galloping r., holding spear
 
|Overstruck mint=Syracuse
 
|Overstruck mint=Syracuse
 
|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
 
|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
 
|Overstruck authority=Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)
 
|Overstruck authority=Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)
|Coin series reference overstruck=SNG ANS 936
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|Overstruck date from=270 BCE
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|Overstruck date to=215 BCE
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|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
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|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1986, n°195; SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n°936; Puglisi 2009, n°342-343; HGC 2, n°1548
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|Coin series web reference overstruck=; https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi_2009.342
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|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
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|Level of confidence=strong
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|Remarks="Overstruck on Hieron II Circa 214 BC"
 
}}
 
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Revision as of 16:12, 28 May 2024

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3363


215 BCE - 212 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
Aegean_2018.png
Overstruck variety
Ref hieronII diademed head horseman galloping2.jpg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
OV_Aegean_2018.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Aegean Numismatics , March 2018

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Below, 3 pellets.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Rome Ancient regionAncient region. Latium 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. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.2716.27 g <br />16,270 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: quadrans Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°106, RRC2RRC, n°41/8b.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed head left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: IEPΩNOΣ (Greek) Horseman galloping r., holding spear
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Syracuse Ancient regionAncient region.  Magna Graecia (Sicily) Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 270 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19863Calciati 1986, n°195, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n°936, Puglisi 20095Puglisi 2009, n°342-343, HGC 26HGC 2, n°1548
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on Hieron II Circa 214 BC"

References

  1. ^  Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
  2. ^  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
  3. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
  4. ^  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
  5. ^  Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
  6. ^  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.