SO 1060 - Rome over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2529

105 BCE - 105 BCE | L COT

Images

Overstriking coin

NAC_1160.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref_RRC_302_1.png [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, 61, 5 Oct. 2011, 1160.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	M. Weder collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Vulcan right, wearing cap bound with laurel wreath, draped, tongs over shoulder. Below chin, E (mark of value). All within wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

L COT (Latin) Eagle on thunderbolt right. All within wreath.

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. 105 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 105 BCE

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

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.982.98 g <br />2,980 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denarius

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°577, RRC2RRC, n°314/1b.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-314.1

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ROMA (Latin) Helmeted head of Roma, right. Border of dots. Before, X

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

L FLAMINI CILO (Latin) Victory in biga, right, holding reins in left hand and wreath in right hand. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rome

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Latium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 109 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 108 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:

denarius

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	RRC2RRC, n°302/1
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-302.1

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a denarius of L. Flaminius Chilo (Cr. 302/1) [...] On this specimen the name L. Flaminius Chilo (Crawford 302/1) is clearly visible at three o’clock on the obverse. This overstrike is not listed by Crawford in his table XVIII (pp. 116-117). It is interesting that the Chilo coin was overstruck only 4 years after initially being struck. Perhaps overstriking was more common under the Republic than previously thought, but the undertype was normally obliterated."