SO 227 - Carthage over uncertain mint: Difference between revisions
From SILVER
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
|Weight=7.69 | |Weight=7.69 | ||
|Diameter=25 | |Diameter=25 | ||
|Axis=6 | |Axis=6 | ||
|Denomination= | |Denomination=shekel | ||
|Coin series reference=Carradice - La Niece 1988, n°1; SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°239; Alexandropoulos 2007, n°53 | |Coin series reference=Carradice - La Niece 1988, n°1; SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°239; Alexandropoulos 2007, n°53 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/libyans.alexandropoulos.2007.53-54 | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/libyans.alexandropoulos.2007.53-54 | ||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
|Overstruck mint=Zeugitana (uncertain mint) | |Overstruck mint=Zeugitana (uncertain mint) | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Zeugitana | |Overstruck ancient region=Zeugitana | ||
|Overstruck authority=Carthaginian Empire | |Overstruck authority=Carthaginian Empire; Lybian mercenaries (241-237 BCE) | ||
|Overstruck date from=241 BCE | |Overstruck date from=241 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to= | |Overstruck date to=237 BCE | ||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
|Overstruck denomination=shekel | |Overstruck denomination=shekel | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Carradice - La Niece 1988, pl.9, n°40; SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°236; Alexandropoulos 2007, n°50 | |Coin series reference overstruck=Carradice - La Niece 1988, pl.9, n°40; SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°236; Alexandropoulos 2007, n°50 | ||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/libyans.alexandropoulos.2007.50-51 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | ||
|Level of confidence=strong | |Level of confidence=strong | ||
|Remarks="Overstruck on an early Carthaginian shekel with types Tanit / Horse" | |Remarks="Overstruck on an early Carthaginian shekel with types Tanit / Horse" | ||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:38, 16 May 2024
241 BCE - 237 BCE | ΛΙΒΥΩΝ
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Heritage Auctions, 26 April 2012, 23059 = Roma Numismatics, 6, 29 Sept. 2013, 358 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | J. G. collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΛΙΒΥΩΝ (Greek) Lion prowling 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: 7.697.69 g <br />7,690 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.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Carradice - La Niece 19881Carradice - La Niece 1988, n°1, SNG Copenhagen North Africa2SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°239, Alexandropoulos 20073Alexandropoulos 2007, n°53 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, necklace and earring | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse right. Below, Punic letter mem |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Zeugitana (uncertain mint) | 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, 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
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | shekel
|
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Carradice - La Niece 19881Carradice - La Niece 1988, pl.9, n°40, SNG Copenhagen North Africa2SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°236, Alexandropoulos 20073Alexandropoulos 2007, n°50 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on an early Carthaginian shekel with types Tanit / Horse" | ||
