216 BCE - 150 BCE | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ
Overstriking coin
Rhegium_VCoins_Savoca, _Nov._2023, _SKU_C17019.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Rhegium Apollo Artemis tripod 215 BCE.jpeg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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VCoins Savoca, Nov. 2023, SKU C17019 (info D. MacDonald)
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Janiform female head wearing polos
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Asclepius seated one quarter left, holding scepter. Behind, bow? In left field, Π (value mark)
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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. 216 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: 9.189.18 g <br />9,180 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: pentonkion
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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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)
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Tripod. Four dots (visible on reverse: base and part of one side of tripod, one dot).
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Rhegium
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Bruttium
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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
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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:
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trias
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References
References
- ^ Grose, Sidney W. (1979), Catalogue of the McClean collection of Greek coins, 3 vol., Chicago, Obol International, pl. 380.
- 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
