25130 - Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint) (tetradrachm Heracles/head of horse) over uncertain type (Heritage, Long Beach Signature Sale 3005, May 2009, 20007)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25130

313 BCE - 305 BCE | Punic MSHB[M] below

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Heritage, Long Beach Signature Sale 3005, 29 May 2009, 20007

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Punic MSHB[M] below (Punic) Horse's head left, palm tree behind, in left field, astragalos, below, Punic inscription

Mint and issuing power

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

Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint)

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:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 313 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.0117.01 g <br />17,010 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	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 />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Jenkins 19781Jenkins 1978, n° 325-346, Jenkins 19972Jenkins 1997, series 5b, 348 (O112/R284), HGC 23HGC 2, n° 295, Artru 20244Artru 2024, n° 3035 (D399-R650)

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike