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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3767

241 BCE - 237 BCE | ΛΙΒΥΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

MacDonald_146.jpg

Overstruck variety

Ref tanit horse.jpg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

OV_MacDonald_146.jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D. MacDonald 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: 7.637.63 g <br />7,630 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.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p.196, n°146	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:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/libyans.alexandropoulos.2007.53-54

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

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.. 238 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

Additional data

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

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+|Image overstriking coin=MacDonald_146.jpg
+|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=OV_MacDonald_146.jpg
+|Image overstruck variety=Ref tanit horse.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1955703
 |Private collection=D. MacDonald collection
 |Obverse description=Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=ΛΙΒΥΩΝ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Lion prowling right. Above, 'M' (Punic letter). Border of dots.
-|Mint=Carthage
+|Mint=Zeugitana (uncertain mint)
 |Ancient region=Zeugitana
-|Authority=Carthaginian Empire
+|Authority=Carthaginian Empire; Lybian mercenaries (241-237 BCE)
-|Date from=241
+|Date from=241 BCE
-|Date to=238
+|Date to=237 BCE
-|Weight=7,63
+|Period=Hellenistic
-|Axis=2 h
+|Metal=Billon
-|Denomination=Shekel
+|Weight=7.63
-|Coin reference=D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 196, no. 146
+|Axis=2
-|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 239 (Volume 8. Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Gaul).;J. Alexandropoulos, Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique. 400 av. J.-C.-40 ap. J.-C., Toulouse, 2007, no. 53
+|Denomination=shekel
-|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, necklace and earring (visible on obverse: head from forehead to chin, including details of hair, ear, and earring).
+|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p.196, n°146
-|Overstruck reverse description=Horse right. Below, Punic letter mem (visible on reverse: horse's body, neck, upper forelegs, Punic letter mem).
+|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
+|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, necklace and earring
+|Overstruck reverse description=Horse right. Below, Punic letter mem
+|Overstruck mint=Zeugitana (uncertain mint)
+|Overstruck ancient region=Zeugitana
 |Overstruck authority=Carthaginian Empire
+|Overstruck date from=241 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=238 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
 |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
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
 }}