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Becker, Carl Wilhelm: Syrakus (Oberstempel)

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Events

Created
Münzfälschung

Who	Karl Wilhelm Becker (1772-1830)
When	1800-1830 [About]

Template creation

Who	Karl Wilhelm Becker (1772-1830)

Owned

Who	Elise Becker (1826-1912)

Relation to places

Relation to time

19. century

Keywords

Archaic Greece City Classical antiquity Die maker Forgery God Metal Münzherstellung Privatpersonen als Münzstand Prägewerkzeug

Description

Front: Kopf der Arethusa nach r. in vertieftem Kreis vor Windflügel-Incusum (wenn geprägt).
Rear: Seitenansicht des Prägestempels.
Provenience: Dauerleihgabe des Römerkastells Saalburg im Jahre 1911.
Inscribed upon (by hand): An object has been inscribed by hand with ink etc.
Adhesive label: An adhesive label has been glued on the object.
Engraved: An engraving was applied to a pre-existing numismatic object as a secondary treatment. Not to be confused with the method of production of the same name.

Similar objects

Hill, Becker the Counterfeiter: 023

Material/Technique

Iron; engraved

Measurements

Weight: 574.45 g

Literature

G. F. Hill, Becker the counterfeiter (1924 Nachdruck 1955) Nr. 23. Vgl. zur möglichen Vorlage: E. Boehringer, Die Münzen von Syrakus (1929) 110-113 Nr. 2-17 Taf. 1 (Reihe 1, ca. 530-510 v. Chr.). - Vgl. zur Datierung: C. Arnold-Biucchi, The Randazzo Hoard 1980 and Sicilian Chronology in the early fifth century B.C. ANS Numismatic Studies 18 (1990) 30-37. 62 (510-500 v. Chr.).
M. Pinder, Die Beckerschen falschen Münzen (1843) Nr. 29.