26197 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Heracles/boar) over uncertain type (Agora Auction, 70, Nov. 2017, 194)
From SILVER
211 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Vecchi Auction = Agora Auction, 70, 21 Nov. 2017, 194 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | RBW Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Hercules, right, wearing boar-skin. Behind, three pellets. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Bull charging right, below, snake. Above, corn-ear, three pellets |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Sicily | 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: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.7616.76 g <br />16,760 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: quadrans
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 29.0229.02 mm <br />2.902 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMCRR1BMCRR, n°139, RRC2RRC, n°42/2, RBW3RBW, n°140 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Grueber, Herbert A. (1910), Coins of the Roman Republic in the British museum, Trustees of the British Museum Pubs., vol.3, pl.123
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ Russo, Roberto (2013), The RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins, Numismatica Ars Classica AG, p.407
