19091 - Neapolis (AE Apollo/Achelous) over Aesernia (Vulcan/biga) (VIA GmbH, EA 8, May 2022, 15)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 19091

275 BCE - 250 BCENEOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Neapolis_2531.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Aesernia.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	VIA GmbH, EA 8, 6 May 2022, 15

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

NEOΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Man headed bull (Acheloo) right, crowed by a flying Nike

Mint and issuing power

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

Neapolis

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 275 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 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

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 589, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 474
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/neapolis campania.hn italy.589

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

VOLCANOM before Head of Vulcan to left, wearing laureate pilos, tongs to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Zeus in biga galloping to right and brandishing thunderbolt, ethnic in exergue

Mint and issuing power

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

Aesernia

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Campania

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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. 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 430, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 337
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aesernia.hn italy.430

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägungsspuren im Revers" (nb: the wheels of a chariot are clearly visible)

References

a b Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
a b 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