19620 - Panormus (AE Janus/laurel wreath) over Panormus (Zeus/eagle) (The New York Sale, IX, Jan. 2005, 38)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 19620

130 BCE - 100 BCE | MN ACILI Q

Images

Overstriking coin

2574_-_Panormus_(AE_Janus-laurel_wreath).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	The New York Sale, IX, 13 Jan. 2005, 38

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate, bearded head of Janus. Value mark I above.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MN ACILI Q (Latin) Quaestor name within laurel wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Panormus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Sicily

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. 130 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 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: 7.367.36 g <br />7,360 mg <br />
		StandardStandard.: Semuncial

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Bahrfeldt 19041Bahrfeldt 1904, n° 1-4, Calciati 19832Calciati 1983, p. 342, n° 71, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1690

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate, bearded head of Zeus right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MN ACILI (Quaestor name) (Latin) Eagle wings spread on thunderbolt.

Mint and issuing power

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

Panormus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sicily

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. 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:

Bahrfeldt 19041Bahrfeldt 1904, p. 222, n° 7, Calciati 19832Calciati 1983, p. 342, n° 73

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on as of the type of Calciati 73"

References

a b Bahrfeldt, Max von (1907), "Die Römisch-Sicilischen Münzen aus der zeit der Republik", Revue suisse de numismatique, vol. 24, p. 218-234.
a b Calciati, Romolo (1983), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 1, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.