SO 1000 - Canusium over Oiniadae

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1776


209 - 208 | ROMA

Images
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: London, British Museum, 2002,0102.5477
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Ch. A. Hersh collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Minerva right, wearing necklace, earing and crested Corinthian helmet. Above, 4 pellets. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA Prow of galley right. In right field, CA. Below, 4 pellets (mark of value). Linear border.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Canusium Ancient regionAncient region. Magna Graecia (Apulia) 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. 209 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 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: 5.825.82 g <br />5,820 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triens Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
StandardStandard.: uncial
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Ch. A. Hersh, "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6/13 (1953), p. 33-68, pl. 5, no. 14 c., RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (100/3), E. Ghey, I. Leins (eds.), A catalogue of the Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum, with descriptions and chronology based on M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (1974), 2010, no. 100.3.10. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: E. A. Sydenham1E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, 1952, 309c., M. Crawford2M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 100/3.

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of river-god Acheloüs right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Oiniadae Ancient regionAncient region.  Acarnania Modern countryModern country: Greece 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Thessaly3BMC Thessaly, Oeniadae 6 sq.
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ E. A. Sydenham 
  2. ^ M. Crawford 
  3. ^  Gardner, Percy (1883), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. V : Thessaly to Aetolia, London, The Trustees, p. 234, pl. 32.