26095 - Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint) (sextans Mercury/prow) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/bull) (Sternberg, 35, Oct. 2000, 346)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26095

210 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA M͡A

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Frank Sternberg, 35, 29 Oct. 2000, 346

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Mercury, right. Above, two pellets.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ROMA M͡A (Latin) Prow, right. Below, two pellets.

Mint and issuing power

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

Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Sardinia

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. 210 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 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: 4.054.05 g <br />4,050 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°160, RRC2RRC, n°64/6a
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-64.6

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Wreathed head of Tanit left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bull right, star above.

Mint and issuing power

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

Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sardinia

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 201 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Jenkins - Lewis 19633Jenkins - Lewis 1963, n°387-8, SNG Copenhagen North Africa4SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°387-8
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sardo punic.sng copenhagen.387-8

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Hier sind auf dem Revers die Haare des n.l. gewandten Tanithauptes zu sehen. Auf dem Avers oben wohl die Hinterfüsse eines Stiers (cf. SNG Cop. 387ff.)."