211 BCE - 150 BCE | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ
Overstriking coin
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 67, 22 Sept. 2004, 199
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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: 15.4615.46 g <br />15,460 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: pentonkion
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Ares l., wearing crested Corinthian helmet, within wreath
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BPETTIΩN in left field (Greek) Athena standing r., holding spear and shield, in r. field, lyre
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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
References
- ^ 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
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