2990 - Sicily (uncertain mint) (Siculo-Punic) over Romam denarius (Hersh coll.)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2990


214 BCE - 210 BCE

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Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Hersh collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of male (Triptolemus ?) right, wearing wheat ears wreath. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Horse galloping right. Below,' H' (Punic letter). All within laurel wreath.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Sicily (uncertain mint); Siculo-punic mint at an uncertain location Ancient regionAncient region. Sicily Modern countryModern country: 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. 214 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.72.7 g <br />2,700 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 1/4 shekel or drachma
StandardStandard.: Phoenician
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Ch. A. Hersh, "Some Additional Roman Republican Overstrikes", ANS Museum Notes 32 (1987), p. 85-95, pl. 7, no. 2. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 380 (Volume 8. Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Gaul)., O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 172

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Jupiter right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA Victory standing right, crowning trophy. Linear border.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Rome Ancient regionAncient region.  Latium Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : victoriatus Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Crawford 44/13Crawford 44/1, Syd. 83.
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: Page à supprimer

References

  1. ^ SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals 
  2. ^ O. D. Hoover 
  3. ^ Crawford 44/1