SO 1030 - Uncertain mint in Magna Graecia (Sicily) over Rhegium
From SILVER
211 BCE - 208 BCE | ROMA
Images
Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D'Ailly collection, 1447 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing boar skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Bull charging right. Above, grain ear and 3 pellets (mark of value). Below, serpent. |
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.. 208 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: 6.576.57 g <br />6,570 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: quadrans
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Hersh 1953, n°3b (no illustration) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, p.10, RRC2RRC, n°69/5, RBW3RBW, n°292 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | PHΓINΩN (Greek) Tripod. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Rhegium | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Bruttium | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 260 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 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: | BMC Italy4BMC Italy, Rhegium, n°73f, SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily5SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n°716, HN Italy6HN Italy, n°2542-3, HGC 17HGC 1, 1677 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on Rhegium (Apollo l./tripod) ; as B.M.C. Italy , Rhegium 73 f" | ||
