3035 - Hipana (AE Astragalus/bull) over Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint) (head/horse) (Roma Numismatics, EA 47, June 2018, 114)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3035

344 BCE - 317 BCE | ΙΠΑ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatic, EA 47, 28 June 2018, 114
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	collection of a Scientist

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Astragalus.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΙΠΑ (Greek) Ox charging left. Above, grain ear.

Mint and issuing power

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

Hipana

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:

Campanian mercenaries

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

, 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: 5.755.75 g <br />5,750 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: oncia
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19831Calciati 1983, p. 241-242, n° 1-1/17, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 496, Puglisi 20093Puglisi 2009, p. 266, n° 120
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/hipana.puglisi 2009.120

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head left, wearing earring and grain wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Free horse right (visible on reverse: back part).

Mint and issuing power

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

Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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. 375 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denomination B

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19874Calciati 1987, p. 375-381, most likely p. 379, group IV, Alexandropoulos 20075Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 15-17, 15a-17a, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1668
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.15-17

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an uncertain type"

References

^ Calciati, Romolo (1983), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 1, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
a b 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.
^ Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
^ Alexandropoulos, Jacques (2007), Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique (400 av. J.-C.-40 ap. J.-C.), Presses universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse, 507 p., 17 pl.