SO 1060 - Rome over uncertain mint

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2529


106 - 104 | L·COT

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : NAC (10/2011), no. 1160.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : M. Weder collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bust of Vulcan right, wearing cap bound with laurel wreath, draped, tongs over shoulder. Below chin, E (mark of value). All within wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: L·COT Eagle on thunderbolt right. All within wreath.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Rome Ancient regionAncient region. Latium 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, L. Aurelius Cotta (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 105 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 106 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 104 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: 2.982.98 g <br />2,980 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denarius Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: E. A. Sydenham1E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, 1952, 577., M. Crawford2M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 314/1b.

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : L. Flaminius Chilo (Roman Republican Moneyer, C. 43 or c. 109-108 BC)
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
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : denarius Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Cr. 302/13Cr. 302/1
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. ^ Cr. 302/1