SO 988 - Canusium over Oiniadae
From SILVER
209 - 208 | ROMA
Images
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group EA 364 (02/12/2015), no. 89; Classical Numismatic Group 45 (18/03/1998), no. 1259. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | R. B. W. collection ; Goodman collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Minerva right, wearing necklace, earing and crested Corinthian helmet. Above, 4 pellets (mark of value). Below, CA (?) Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA Prow of galley right. In right field, CA. Below, 4 pellets (mark of value). Linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Canusium | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Apulia) | 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. 209 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 | 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: 5.775.77 g <br />5,770 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triens 
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 2 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| 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: | E. A. Sydenham1E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, 1952, 309c., M. Crawford2M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 100/3. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Man-headed bull (visible: traces of horns and ethnic visible by Minerva's neck). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Oiniadae | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Acarnania | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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: | BCD Akarnania 345-83BCD Akarnania 345-8 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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