1868 - Atella (AE Jupiter/two soldiers) over Rome (Roma/prow) (Oxford, AM)
From SILVER
216 BCE - 211 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Atella_Oxford.jpg
Overstruck variety
Rome Athena prow.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Oxford, Ashmolean Museum | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Jupiter right, wearing laurel wreath. In left side, 2 pellets. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (Oscan) Two Italic soldiers presenting swords to each other and swearing over piglet, in l. field, two pellets. In exergue, legend in Oscan characters |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Atella | Ancient regionAncient region. | Campania | 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. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.3512.35 g <br />12,350 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Hersh 1953, pl. 5, n° 35a | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Hersh 19531Hersh 1953, pl. 5, n° 35a, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 466, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 364 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Roma left, wearing Attic crested helmet. In right field, 1 pellet. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Below, 1 pellet. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Rome | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Latium | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 217 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | uncia
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | RRC4RRC, n° 38/6 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- ^ Hersh, Charles A. (1953), "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6 (13), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5.
- ^ 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
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
