2185 - Rhegium (AE Janiform head/Asclepius) over Rhegium (jugate heads/tripod) (MacDonald coll., 30)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2185


216 BCE - 150 BCE | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1415 - Rhegium (AE pentonkion).jpg
Overstruck variety
Rhegium Apollo Artemis tripod four dots.jpeg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
1415 Rhegium (drawing).jpg [2]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : David MacDonald collection, n° 30

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Janiform female head wearing polos ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Asclepius seated one quarter left, holding scepter. Behind, bow? In left field, Π (value mark).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Rhegium Ancient regionAncient region. Bruttium 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. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.2911.29 g <br />11,290 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: pentonkion AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, p. 42-43, n° 30 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Grose 19791Grose 1979, n° 1925 (similarly overstruck), HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2551, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1709, MacDonald 20094MacDonald 2009, p. 42-43, n° 30
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Jugate heads of Apollo and Artemis right (visible on obverse: outline of top and back of Apollo's head, hair curls, trace of symbol behind) ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Tripod. Four dots (visible on reverse: base and part of one side of tripod, one dot).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Rhegium Ancient regionAncient region.  Bruttium Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 260 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : trias
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2550
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Grose, Sidney W. (1979), Catalogue of the McClean collection of Greek coins, 3 vol., Chicago, Obol International, pl. 380.
  2. a b  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  3. ^  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
  4. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.