Carthage (AE male head/horse) over Rome (Jupiter/Victory)(Hersch 1987, pl.7, n°2)
From SILVER
215 BCE - 205 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Hersch collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of male r., wreathed with wheat ears, doted borders | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Galloping horse r. below, Punic letter H, wreathed border |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Agrigentum | 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. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 205 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.: Silver
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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.: 1/2 shekel
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Hersch 1987, p.85-95, pl.7, n°2 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Burnett 19831Burnett 1983, n°151-152, CMRR2CMRR, p.336, E, e (a), SNG Copenhagen North Africa3SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°379-380 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head of Jupiter, right. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Victory, right, crowing trophy. Line border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Rome | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Latium | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | 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
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | victoriatus
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | RRC4RRC, n°44/1, Sydenham 19525Sydenham 1952, n°83 | ||
| 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: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "The Sicilo-Punic coin was overstruck on an normal early Roman victoriatus" | ||
References
- ^ Burnett, Andrew M. (1983), "The Enna hoard and the silver coinage of the Syracusan Democracy", Revue Suisse de Numismatique, 62, p. 5-26, pl. 1-10.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1985), Coinage and money under the Roman Republic : Italy and the Mediterranean economy, University of California Press, p.xxv, p.355
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1992), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, volume 8. Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Gaul. Sunrise Publ., Inc.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
