2896 - Carthage (AE Tanit/horse) over Syracuse (Poseidon/trident) (MacDonald coll., 46)
From SILVER
215 BCE - 201 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Carthage_over_Syracuse_MacDonald_46.jpg
Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
Syracuse Poseidon trident.jpg
Carthage_over_Syracuse_MacDonald_46_drawing.jpg
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection, n° 46 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse right, head left. In field, uncertain Punic letter. |
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. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 201 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: 6.286.28 g <br />6,280 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: shekel
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Punic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 64, n° 46 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Alexandropoulos 20071Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 86, 88, 95, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 64, n° 46 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Poseidon left (visible on obverse: forelock of hair, profile from forehead almost to tip of nose and from bottom of nose through mouth and beard, as well as eye). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Ornemented trident, dolphin to either side (visible on reverse: most of trident). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sicily | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC) |
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.. 215 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19863Calciati 1986, p. 417, n° 207 (RI 3/1). | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure | |
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References
- ^ Alexandropoulos, Jacques (2007), Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique (400 av. J.-C.-40 ap. J.-C.), Presses universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse, 507 p., 17 pl.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
