23876 - Rhegium (AE Asclepius/Hygieia) over Rhegium (Apollo/tripod) (Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland, 17, Oct. 2005, 140)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 23876


215 BCE - 150 BCE | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Rhegium_Münzen_&_Medaillen_Deutschland, _17, _4_Oct._2005, _140.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Rhegium_Apolo_tripod.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland, 17, 4 Oct. 2005, 140

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Asclepius right, wearing laurel wreath ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Hygieia standing left, feeding serpent from phiale. In field, III (value mark). Border of dots.
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. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.627.62 g <br />7,620 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetras
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, 786-8, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2560, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1713
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Laureate head of Apollo to left, in the field to right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΡΗΓΙ - ΝΩΝ (Greek) Tripod with three tall, circular handles
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
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 715, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2543, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1677
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: "This interesting coin is overstruck on an earlier issue with a large flan"

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