SO 1071 - Uncertain mint in Magna Graecia (Campania) over Syracuse
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Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Minerva left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse's head right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Campania) | 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 |
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: 5.295.29 g <br />5,290 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 1/2 litra 
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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. 19. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC. - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1, Lancaster-London, 2018, no. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Zeus Hellanios left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Eagle on thundebolt left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | 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. 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: | BMC Sicily2BMC Sicily, Syracuse 468 f |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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