3833 - Rhegium (AE Asclepius/Hygieia) over Rhegium (Apollo/tripod) (MacDonald coll.)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3833

215 BCE - 150 BCE | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstruck variety

Rhegium Apolo tripod.jpg [1]

Location/history


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

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Asclepius right, wearing laurel wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Hygieia standing left, feeding serpent from phiale. In field, III (value mark). Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bruttium

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE

hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.127.12 g <br />7,120 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetras
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, 786-8, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2560, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1713
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2560

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo left. Behind, symbol illegible here (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Tripod (visible on reverse).

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bruttium

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. 260 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 715, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2543, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1677
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2543

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

a b Troxell, Hyla A. (1975), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 3. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3 (Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx), New-York, pl. 38.
a b Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm