19179 - Carthage (AE male head/horse) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Roma Numismatics, June 2018, 59)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 19179

350 BCE - 320 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, 2 June 2018, 59

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head left between two grain ears

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse galloping right

Mint and issuing power

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

Carthage

Ancient regionAncient region.

Zeugitana

Modern countryModern country: Tunisia

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:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 320 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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: 2.252.25 g <br />2,250 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Alexandropoulos 20071Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 19
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.19

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit to left, wearing wreath of grain ears

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse standing right before palm tree, to right, three pellets in triangle

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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Alexandropoulos 20071Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 18
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.18

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	Interesting overstrike; the head of Tanit is visible on the rev., and the horse standing before palm tree on the obv.

References

a b Alexandropoulos, Jacques (2007), Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique (400 av. J.-C.-40 ap. J.-C.), Presses universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse, 507 p., 17 pl.