SO 1044 - Uncertain mint in Sardinia over Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location
From SILVER
210 - 209 | ROMA
Images
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, R.6977 | |
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.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Sardinia | Modern countryModern country: unknown | 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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 209 | 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: 3.563.56 g <br />3,560 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.: 11 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. 17i., Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum, vol. 2. Coinages of Rome (continued), Roman Campania, Italy, the social war, and the provinces, p. 172, no. 123., 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. 64.6.7, RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (64/6b) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | M. Crawford1M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 64/6. |
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: | Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location | 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: | Müller2Müller, ii, p. 146, 8., RRC Table XVIII3RRC Table XVIII, 49 (i) |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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