210 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA M͡A
Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Frank Sternberg, 35, 29 Oct. 2000, 346
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Mercury, right. Above, two pellets.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ROMA M͡A (Latin) Prow, right. Below, two pellets.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint)
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sardinia
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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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Roman Republic
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 210 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 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: 4.054.05 g <br />4,050 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Wreathed head of Tanit left
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Bull right, star above.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 201 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Hier sind auf dem Revers die Haare des n.l. gewandten Tanithauptes zu sehen. Auf dem Avers oben wohl die Hinterfüsse eines Stiers (cf. SNG Cop. 387ff.)."
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References
- ^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth - Lewis, Richard Boyes (1963), Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, RNS 2, London, 140 p., 38 pl.
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1992), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, volume 8. Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Gaul. Sunrise Publ., Inc.
