SO 1053 - Uncertain mint over Carthage
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Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Minerva right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Above, 4 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA Prow of galley right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Uncertain area | 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: |
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
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.267.26 g <br />7,260 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triens 
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| 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. 4, no. 8a. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | M. Crawford1M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse standing right. |
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. 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. 96, 186-7. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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