26194 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (semis Saturn/prow) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Münzen & Medaillen, 9, Oct. 2001, 345)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26164

211 BCE - 211 BCE | ROMA

Images

Overstriking coin

M&M_345.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref_tanit_cheval_retourné.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Auktion Münzzentrum, Köln 63, 1988, 1532 = Münzen & Medaillen GmbH, 9, 4 Oct. 2001, 345

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Saturn, right. Behind, S.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. Above, S.

Mint and issuing power

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

Sicily (uncertain Roman mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Sicily

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. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 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: 9.789.78 g <br />9,780 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: semis

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°143a, RRC2RRC, n°56/3
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-56.3

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse standing right, head turned back

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. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 BCE

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

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	SNG Copenhagen North Africa3SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n°349, HN Italy4HN Italy, n°2029
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/bruttium.punic.hn italy.2029

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"überprägt auf eine karthagische Bronze, nach 211. Kopf des Saturn mit L. n. r., dahinter S; darunter ist ein n. r. stehendes Pferd mit zurückgewandtem Kopf zu erkennen [...] unter dem S ist deutlich der Halsabschnitt eines Tanitkopfes sichtbar."