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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3635

225 BCE - 39 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Hersh_12.png [1]

Overstruck variety

OV_Hersh_12_3.png [2]

Traces of the overstruck variety

OV_Hersh_12.png [3]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, XXX ( D'Ailly collection 3650 - ex. 8)
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D'Ailly collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Janus.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Prow right.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rome

Ancient regionAncient region.

Latium

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:

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 39 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: 23.323.3 g <br />23,300 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: as

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Bahrfeldt 1904, n°35, Hersh 1953, n°12

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus-Ammon right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek) Two eagles left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Alexandria

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Egypt

Modern countryModern country: Egypt

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

Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 180 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 146 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n°1424, Weiser 19952Weiser 1995, n°141 142

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Uncial As (Janus/prow r. - m.m. P) overstruck on P (Zeus r./two eagles) ; as Svoronos 1424, a coin of Philometor (180-146 B.C)"

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+|Image overstriking coin=Hersh_12.png
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42662949?seq=7
+|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=OV_Hersh_12.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42662949?seq=7
+|Image overstruck variety=OV_Hersh_12_3.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.48307?lang=fr
 |Museum collection=Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, XXX ( D'Ailly collection 3650 - ex. 8)
 |Private collection=D'Ailly collection
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 |Ancient region=Latium
 |Authority=Roman Republic
-|Weight=23,3
+|Date from=225 BCE
-|Denomination=As
+|Date to=39 BCE
-|Coin reference=Ch. A. Hersh, "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6/13 (1953), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5, no. 12. ; Bahr 35.
+|Period=Hellenistic
-|Coin series reference=O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC. - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1, Lancaster-London, 2018, no.
+|Metal=Bronze
+|Weight=23.3
+|Denomination=as
+|Coin reference=Bahrfeldt 1904, n°35; Hersh 1953, n°12
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus-Ammon right.
+|Overstruck reverse legend=ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck reverse description=Two eagles left.
-|Overstruck authority=Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC)?
+|Overstruck mint=Alexandria
-|Coin series reference overstruck=Svoronos 1424
+|Overstruck ancient region=Egypt
+|Overstruck authority=Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC); Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)
+|Overstruck date from=180 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=146 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Svoronos 1904-1908, n°1424; Weiser 1995, n°141 142
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="Uncial As (Janus/prow r. - m.m. P) overstruck on P (Zeus r./two eagles) ; as Svoronos 1424, a coin of Philometor (180-146 B.C)"
 }}