16996 - Aesernia (AE Minerva/eagle) over uncertain type (Leu, EA 16, May 2021, 137)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 16996

263 BCE - 240 BCEAISERNIO

Images

Overstriking coin

2396 - Aesernia over uncertain mint.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu, EA 16, 22 May 2021, 137 (acq. John Voukelatos).
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the collection of Augustin de Loye (1816-1898), curator of the Calvet library and Museum in Avignon.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

AISERNIO (Latin) Head of Minerva to left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet, behind neck, club.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eagle with open wings standing right, grasping coiled serpent.

Mint and issuing power

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

Aesernia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Samnium

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 263 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 240 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.946.94 g <br />6,940 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 429, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 336
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aesernia.hn italy.429

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Minor traces of overstriking (?) on the obverse"

References

^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm