208 BCE - 150 BCE | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ
Overstriking coin
SO 1412 - Rhegium over uncertain mint.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Brettii zeus eagle.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Münzen und Medaillen, 21, 24 May 2007, 44
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Behind, palm branch. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Wolf standing right. In right field, III.
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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. 208 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: 8.188.18 g <br />8,180 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: trias
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Zeus (visible on obverse: locks of hair).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ (Greek) Eagle standing, wings opened.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 208 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 203 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"überprägt, wohl auf ein Stück der Brettier vom Typus SNG ANS 44ff., ähre und Nackenhaar des Zeuskopfes auf dem Av. sichtbar"
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References
- a b Troxell, Hyla A. (1975), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 3. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3 (Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx), New-York, pl. 38.
- 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
