211 BCE - 150 BCE | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Jugate draped bust of the Dioskouroi right, wearing pilei with stars. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Hermes standing facing, head turned left, wearing petasos and drapery, holding caduceus and drapery. In left field, Π (value mark). Linear border.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Rhegium
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Bruttium
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE
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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: 16.5616.56 g <br />16,560 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: pentonkion
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Herakles right.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Athena right.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1995), Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Vol. X : The John Morcom collection of Western Greek bronze coins, London - Oxford, Oxford University Press ; Spink and Son, 95 p., 38 pl.
- a b 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
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