SO 246 - Uncertain mint over Carthage

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3023

241 BCE - 237 BCEΛΙΒΥΩΝ | ΛΙΒΥΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Robinson_14.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref_carthage_horse_and_star.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Robinson 1953, n°19

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΛΙΒΥΩΝ (Greek) Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΙΒΥΩΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. Above, 'M'(Punic letter). Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Zeugitana (uncertain mint)

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, Lybian mercenaries (241-237 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 241 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 237 BCE

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

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Billon http://nomisma.org/id/billon	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.217.21 g <br />7,210 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 2 shekels

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Robinson 1953, n°19	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Robinson 19531Robinson 1953, n°17-21, Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n°52, Viola 20103Viola 2010, n°406
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/libyans.alexandropoulos.2007.52

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Wreathed head of Tanit left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse standing right, 7-point star above

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. 264 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 241 BCE

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

Physical description

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

2 shekels

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	SNG Copenhagen North Africa4SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°185, Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n°39
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.39

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"All five coins are overstruck on Carthaginian double shekels of the types of nos. 7-9 above"