3654 - Carthage (Tanit/horse) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Gorny & Mosch, EA 251, Oct. 2017, 4578)
From SILVER
241 BCE - 221 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Gorny & Mosch, EA 251, 15 Oct. 2017, 4578 = Gorny & Mosch, EA 299, 7 Nov. 2023, 3368 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit left, wearing necklace, earrings and wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse right. In background, palm tree. |
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. 241 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 221 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: 13.2313.23 g <br />13,230 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Alexandropoulos 20071Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 45 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Wreathed head of Tanit to left, pellet-in-crescent behind | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of horse to right, Punic mēm before |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Carthage | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Zeugitana | Modern countryModern country: Tunisia | 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. 264 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 241 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: | |||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Das Untergepräge entspricht wahrscheinlich einem zwischen 264 - 241 v. Chr. in Sardinien geprägten Typus mit Tanit und Pferdekopf" | ||
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.
