25145 - Carthage (shekel Tanit/horse and plam tree) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (CNG, 96, May 2014, 16)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25145

270 BCE - 256 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Sicile_punique_Classical_Numismatic_Group,_96,_14_May_2014,_16_(Corinthe).jpg

Traces of the overstruck variety

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 96, 14 May 2014, 16

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Wreathed head of Tanit left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse standing right, head left, palm tree to left in background

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Carthage

Ancient regionAncient region.

Zeugitana

Modern countryModern country: Tunisia

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:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 270 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 256 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.997.99 g <br />7,990 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: shekel
		StandardStandard.: Punic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Alexandropoulos 20071Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 36 Var., Artru 20242Artru 2024, n° 4512 (D675-R1010)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.36

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Ϙ (Greek) Pegasos with straight wings flying left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Helmeted head of Athena to right

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Corinth

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Peloponnesus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE

Classical 480-323 BC , Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

stater

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Calciati 19903Calciati 1990
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period v-vi

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a much earlier Corinthian-type stater (outline of the helmeted head of Athena visible on reverse)"