2490 - Silerae (AE man-headed bull/Leukaspis) over Syracuse (Athena/dolphins) (Gorny & Mosch, 241, Oct. 2016, 1160)
From SILVER
357 - 336ΣIΛEΡAIΩN | ΣΙΛ
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Gorny & Mosch, ebay (30/11/2016) ; Peus 386 (2006), no. 85 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣIΛEΡAIΩN Forepart of a man-headed bull left. Linear border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΙΛ Warrior (Leukaspis) right, naked, wearing helmet, holding spear in right hand, shield attached on left arm. Linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | Modern countryModern country: unknown | 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: | The Sileraioi (group of mercenaries employed during Dionysus I reign) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 357 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 | classical 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: 30,81",81" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | ||
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 607, R. Calciati2R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. III, p. 297-300, no. 1-1/36, O. D. Hoover3O. 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. 1242 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑ Head of "Athena" left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath (visible on obverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish (visible on reverse). |
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: | Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | drachm |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati II S. 111 Nr. 624Calciati II S. 111 Nr. 62 |
Additional data
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