Rome (denarius Apollo/Dioscuri) over Rome (uncertain type) (Szaivert 1980)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26125

109 BCE - 108 BCE | L MEMMI

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of young male (possibly Apollo), right, wearing oak-wreath. Before, X. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

L MEMMI (Latin) Dioscuri standing facing between their horses, each holding a spear. Border of dots

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 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:

L. Memmius (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 109 - 108 BCE), Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 109 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 108 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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denarius

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Szaivert 1980	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°558, RRC2RRC, n°304/1
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-304.1

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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:

C. Fonteius (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 114 - 113 BC), Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 114 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 113 BCE

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:

denarius

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

RRC2RRC, n°290

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"sollte das Untergepräge von C. Fonteius stammen, mit dessen Münzbild die noch erkennbaren Spuren eindeutig zusammenstimmen"

References

^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
a b Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge