23860 - Rhegium (AE Apollo/Wolf) over uncertain mint of the Brettii (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 56, May 2019, 110)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 23860


208 BCE - 150 BCE | PHΓΙΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Rhegion_Roma_Numismatics, _EA_56, _9_May_2019, _110.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Brettii_zeus_olive.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Roma Numismatics, EA 56, 9 May 2019, 110

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Behind, palm branch. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: PHΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Wolf standing right. In right field, III.
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. 208 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: 6.646.64 g <br />6,640 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetras AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 793-7, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2562, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1714
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus r. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ (Greek) Eagle left, wings opened
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Mint of uncertain location of the Bruttii Ancient regionAncient region.  Bruttium Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : The Bruttians
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 Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 44, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1978, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1366
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: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Traces of the undertype's reverse legend BPETTIΩN can clearly be seen in Apollo's hair while the olive wreath of the obverse is apparent to the left of the wolf."

References

  1. 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.
  2. a b  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  3. 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