3852 - Carthage (AE Tanit/horse) over Syracuse (Poseidon/trident) (CNG, EA 349, Apr. 2015, 18)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3852

215 BCE - 201 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Carthage_over_Syracuse_CNG_EA_349,_22_Apr._2015,_18.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 349, 22 Apr. 2015, 18

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse right, head left. In field, uncertain Punic letter.

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. 215 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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.157.15 g <br />7,150 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: shekel	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).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Punic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Alexandropoulos 20071Alexandropoulos 2007, n°90
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.90

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Poseidon left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Ornemented trident, dolphin to either side

Mint and issuing power

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

Syracuse

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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

Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 270 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19862Calciati 1986, p. 417, n° 207
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.puglisi 2009.339

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on an uncertain Carthaginian issue" (nb: on Syracuse like the others)

References

^ 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.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.