3771 - Carthage (AE male head/horse) over Carthage (female head/horse) (Ebay seller xsana, Nov. 2015)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3771

350 BCE - 330 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Ebay seller xsana, 15 Nov. 2015

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head left between two grain ears. Linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse galloping right. Linear border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Carthage

Ancient regionAncient region.

Zeugitana

Modern countryModern country: Tunisia

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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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:	Alexandropoulos 20071Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 19
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.19

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit left (visible on reverse: face and top part)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse right. In background, palm tree (visible on obverse: low part of horse and palm tree).

Mint and issuing power

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

Carthage

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Zeugitana

Modern countryModern country: Tunisia

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. 400 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Alexandropoulos 20071Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 18
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.18

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

a b 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.