25145 - Carthage (shekel Tanit/horse and plam tree) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (CNG, 96, May 2014, 16)
From SILVER
270 BCE - 256 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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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
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| 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) | |
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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.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19903Calciati 1990 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
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)" | ||
