2727 - Rash Melqart (tetradrachm quadriga/female head) over uncertain type (LHS, 95, Oct. 2005, 540)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2727

330 BCE - 305 BCERas Melqart (Phoenician letters)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_193_-_Rash_Melqart_(tetradrachm_quadriga-female_head).jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	LHS, 95, 25 Oct. 2005, 540

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Ras Melqart (Phoenician letters) Quadriga galloping to left, driven by male charioteer, holding kentron and reins in his left. Above, Nike flying to right, crowning the charioteer.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Female head to left, wearing earring and necklace. In field, dolphins. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rash Melqart

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:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 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: 17.1717.17 g <br />17,170 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Jenkins 19711Jenkins 1971, n° 26-28, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 738
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/lilybaeum.jenkins 1971.rsmlqrt 2-28

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head ? (visible on reverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Phenician letters visible on obverse?

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:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 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:

tetradrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an earlier Punic tetradrachm"

References

^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1971), "Coins of Punic Sicily. Part 1", Revue Suisse de Numismatique, 50, p. 25-78, pl. 1-24.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.