1868 - Atella (AE Jupiter/two soldiers) over Rome (Roma/prow) (Oxford, AM)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1868

216 BCE - 211 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Jupiter right, wearing laurel wreath. In left side, 2 pellets.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(Oscan) Two Italic soldiers presenting swords to each other and swearing over piglet, in l. field, two pellets. In exergue, legend in Oscan characters

Mint and issuing power

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

Atella

Ancient regionAncient region.

Campania

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. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

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: 12.3512.35 g <br />12,350 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Hersh 1953, pl. 5, n° 35a	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Hersh 19531Hersh 1953, pl. 5, n° 35a, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 466, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 364
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/atella.hn italy.466

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Roma left, wearing Attic crested helmet. In right field, 1 pellet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Below, 1 pellet.

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: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 217 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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

uncia

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	RRC4RRC, n° 38/6
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-38.6

Additional data

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

References

^ Hersh, Charles A. (1953), "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6 (13), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5.
^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ 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
^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge