SO 261 - Iol (Caesarea) over Carthage

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3861

Images

Overstriking coin

Iol_over_Carthage.png

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Isis left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Three ears.

Mint and issuing power

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

Iol (Caesarea)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Mauretania

Modern countryModern country: Algeria

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..

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Mazard 19551Mazard 1955, n° 548-560
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.81142

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse to right (visible on reverse).

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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Struck over a Carthage coin"