2269 - Rhegium (AE Apollo/wolf) over uncertain mint of the Brettii (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 367, Jan. 2016, 32)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2269

208 BCE - 150 BCE | PHΓΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1221 - Rhegium (AE tetras) over uncertain type.jpg

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 367, 27 Jan. 2016, 32
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Ed. L. Owen Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Behind, palm branch. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

PHΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Wolf standing right. In right field, III.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bruttium

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 208 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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: 8.958.95 g <br />8,950 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetras	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).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 793-7, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2562, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1714
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2562

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ (Greek) Eagle left, wings opened (visible on obverse: head of eagle and part of legend).

Mint and issuing power

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

Mint of uncertain location of the Bruttii

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bruttium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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

The Bruttians

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 208 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 203 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 44, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1978, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1366
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/brettii.hn italy.1978-1981

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an issue in the name of the Brettii (cf. SNG ANS 44ff and lot 15 above), with traces of eagle's head and reverse legend visible below the head of Apollo (nb: sic!)"