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{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=616976001.JPG
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1904-0203-37
|Image overstruck variety=Ref_tanit_bull2.png
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10310654x
|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1904,0203.37
|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1904,0203.37
|Private collection=W. S. Lincoln and son
|Private collection=W. S. Lincoln and son
|Obverse description=Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, 2 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots.
|Obverse description=Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, 2 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots.
|Reverse legend=ROMA
|Reverse legend=ROMA
|Reverse legend language=Latin
|Reverse description=Prow of galley right. In right field, mongram' MA'. Below, 2 pellets (mark of value).
|Reverse description=Prow of galley right. In right field, mongram' MA'. Below, 2 pellets (mark of value).
|Mint=Uncertain mint
|Mint=Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint)
|Ancient region=Sardinia
|Ancient region=Sardinia
|Authority=Roman Republic ; P. Manlius Vulso (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 210 BC)
|Authority=P. Manlius Vulso (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 210 BCE); Roman Republic
|Date from=210
|Date from=210 BCE
|Date to=209
|Date to=210 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=3.89
|Weight=3.89
|Axis=10 h
|Axis=10
|Denomination=sextans (light)
|Denomination=sextans
|Standard=sextantal
|Coin reference=Hersh 1953, n°17g; BMCRR, p.56, n°469
|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. 17g. ; Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum: vol. 1 aes rude, aes signatum, aes grave, and coinage of Rome from B.C. 268., p. 56, no. 469. ; Ghey, Leins & Crawford, A catalogue of the Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum, with descriptions and chronology based on M.H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (1974), 2010, no. 64.6.10 ; RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (64/6b)
|Coin series reference=Sydenham 1952, n°160c var; RRC, n°64/6b
|Coin series reference=M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 64/6.
|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-64.6
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Tanit left.
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Tanit left.
|Overstruck reverse description=Bull walking right. Above, star.
|Overstruck reverse description=Bull walking right. Above, star.
|Overstruck mint=Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location
|Overstruck mint=Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint)
|Overstruck ancient region=Sardinia
|Overstruck ancient region=Sardinia
|Overstruck authority=Carthaginian Empire
|Overstruck authority=Carthaginian Empire
|Coin series reference overstruck=Müller, ii, p. 146, 8. ; RRC Table XVIII, 49 (i)
|Overstruck date from=216 BCE
|Overstruck date to=201 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Müller 1860-1874, vol.2, p.146, n°8; RRC, Table XVIII, n°49(i); Jenkins - Lewis 1963, n°387-8
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sardo_punic.sng_copenhagen.387-8
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="overstruck  on Sardo-Punic (Tanit l./bull r. ; above, large star)"
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 13:35, 31 May 2024

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1841


210 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
616976001.JPG [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref_tanit_bull2.png [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: London, British Museum, 1904,0203.37
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : W. S. Lincoln and son

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, 2 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. In right field, mongram' MA'. Below, 2 pellets (mark of value).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint) Ancient regionAncient region. Sardinia 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: P. Manlius Vulso (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 210 BCE), Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 210 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.893.89 g <br />3,890 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Hersh 1953, n°17g, BMCRR, p.56, n°469 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°160c var, RRC2RRC, n°64/6b
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Tanit left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull walking right. Above, star.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) Ancient regionAncient region.  Sardinia Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Carthaginian Empire
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 201 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Müller 1860-18743Müller 1860-1874, vol.2, p.146, n°8, RRC2RRC, Table XVIII, n°49(i), Jenkins - Lewis 19634Jenkins - Lewis 1963, n°387-8
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: sure
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on Sardo-Punic (Tanit l./bull r. ; above, large star)"