SO 1042 - Uncertain mint in Sardinia over Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location
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210 BCE - 209 BCE | ROMA
Images
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, 1904,0203.37 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | W. S. Lincoln and son |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, 2 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA Prow of galley right. In right field, mongram' MA'. Below, 2 pellets (mark of value). |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Sardinia | Modern countryModern country: | 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, P. Manlius Vulso (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 210 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 210 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 209 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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: 3.893.89 g <br />3,890 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans (light) | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 10 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
StandardStandard.: sextantal |
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. 4-5, no. 17g., Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum: vol. 1 aes rude, aes signatum, aes grave, and coinage of Rome from B.C. 268., p. 56, no. 469., Ghey, Leins & Crawford, 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. 64.6.10, RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (64/6b) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | M. Crawford1 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bull walking right. Above, star. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sardinia | Modern countryModern country: Italy | 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. 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 ᵖ: | Müller2 , RRC Table XVIII3 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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