SO 258 - Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location over Rome?
From SILVER
264 - 241
Images
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Volterra's Museo Guarnacci. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit left. Linear border. | 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.: | Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Sardinia | 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: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 264 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 241 | 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: 77 g <br />7,000 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: shekel 
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 10 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 24.324.3 mm <br />2.43 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | P. Visona, "An overstruck punic bronze coin in Volterra", Annotazioni Numismatiche 4, 16 (1994), p. 339-340. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | J. Alexandropoulos1J. Alexandropoulos, Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique. 400 av. J.-C.-40 ap. J.-C., Toulouse, 2007, no. 59? |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head right. Border of dots (visible on obverse). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
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: | 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: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ J. Alexandropoulos
