23860 - Rhegium (AE Apollo/Wolf) over uncertain mint of the Brettii (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 56, May 2019, 110)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 23860

208 BCE - 150 BCE | PHΓΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, EA 56, 9 May 2019, 110

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: 6.646.64 g <br />6,640 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.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 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

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.1994-1996

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Traces of the undertype's reverse legend BPETTIΩN can clearly be seen in Apollo's hair while the olive wreath of the obverse is apparent to the left of the wolf."