SO 251 - Carthage over Rome

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3376

220 BCE - 205 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate bearded male head l.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

African elephant right. Below, Punic letter A.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Carthage (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

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:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 220 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 205 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.033.03 g <br />3,030 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 1/2 shekel

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Villaronga 1976, p. 15, Hersch 1987, p.85-95, pl.7, n°1.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Burnett 19831Burnett 1983, n°123, CMRR2CMRR, p.336, E, e (a), SNG Copenhagen North Africa3SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°382-383, Manfredi 19954Manfredi 1995, SIB 5-7
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/siculo punic.manfredi.1995.sib.5-7

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet. Behind, X (mark of value). Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ROMA (Latin) Dioscuri riding right in circular border.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Rome

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Latium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denarius

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	RRC5RRC, n°44/5, Sydenham 19526Sydenham 1952, n°140.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-44.5

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on an early Roman denarius"

References

^ Burnett, Andrew M. (1983), "The Enna hoard and the silver coinage of the Syracusan Democracy", Revue Suisse de Numismatique, 62, p. 5-26, pl. 1-10.
^ Crawford, Michael H. (1985), Coinage and money under the Roman Republic : Italy and the Mediterranean economy, University of California Press, p.xxv, p.355
^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1992), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, volume 8. Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Gaul. Sunrise Publ., Inc.
^ Manfredi, Lorenzi-Illa (1995), Monete puniche : repertorio epigrafico e numismatico delle leggende puniche, Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, p.490
^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.