2364 - Syracuse (AE Heracles/lion) over Syracuse (Artemis/thunderbolt) (MacDonald coll., 39)
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289 - 287ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ
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Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ Head of Herakles right, wearing diadem. In left field, bow. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Lion leaping right. Above, club. In exergue, spear right. Border of dots. |
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 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: | 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. 289 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 287 | 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: 7.287.28 g <br />7,280 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 57, no. 39 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | R. Calciati1 , O. D. Hoover2 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΩΤΕIΡΑ Head of Artemis right, draped, wearing necklace, quiver at shoulder (visible on obverse: quiver, back of neck and top of head). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ Thunderbolt (visible on reverse: traces of fulmen, ΒΑΣ). |
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: | 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. 304 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: | Calciati3 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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