26194 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (semis Saturn/prow) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Münzen & Medaillen, 9, Oct. 2001, 345)
From SILVER
211 BCE - 211 BCE | ROMA
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Auktion Münzzentrum, Köln 63, 1988, 1532 = Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, 9, 4 Oct. 2001, 345 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head of Saturn, right. Behind, S. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. Above, S. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) | 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: | 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.. 211 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: 9.789.78 g <br />9,780 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: semis
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°143a, RRC2RRC, n°56/3 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse standing right, head turned back |
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. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 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: | SNG Copenhagen North Africa3SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°349, HN Italy4HN Italy, n°2029 | ||
| 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: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "überprägt auf eine karthagische Bronze, nach 211. Kopf des Saturn mit L. n. r., dahinter S; darunter ist ein n. r. stehendes Pferd mit zurückgewandtem Kopf zu erkennen [...] unter dem S ist deutlich der Halsabschnitt eines Tanitkopfes sichtbar." | ||
References
- ^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ 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.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
