SO 973 - Rome over uncertain mint
From SILVER
215 - 212 | ROMA
Images
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA Prow of galley right. Below, 3 pellets. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rome | Ancient regionAncient region. | Latium | 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: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 215 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 | 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: 16.4516.45 g <br />16,450 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: quadrans 
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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. D.9.a., Bahr 33. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | M. Crawford1M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 41/8b. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaic king, 283-246 BC) |
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: | Svoronos 6102Svoronos 610 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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