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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3547

215 BCE - 212 BCE | ROMA

Images

Overstriking coin

Hirsh_D9.png [1]

Overstruck variety

OV_Hersh_D9_2.png [2]

Traces of the overstruck variety

OV Hersh D9.png [3]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Below, 3 pellets.

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. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 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: 16.4516.45 g <br />16,450 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: quadrans

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Bahrfeldt 1904, n°33, Hersh 1953, n°D.9.a..	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°106, RRC2RRC, n°41/8b.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-41.8

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open.

Mint and issuing power

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

Sicily (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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

Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaic king, 283-246 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 264 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 263 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Svoronos 1904-19083Svoronos 1904-1908, n°610, Weiser 19954Weiser 1995, n°18
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1 2.B290

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Triental quadrans (Hercules r./prow r. - no m.m.) overstruck on Ptolemaic issue (Zeus r./eagle) ; as Svoronos 610, a coin of the period of Ptolemy II (285-246 B.C.)"

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 {{Overstrike
+|Image overstriking coin=Hirsh_D9.png
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42662949?seq=7
+|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=OV Hersh D9.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=https://www.jstor.org/stable/42662949?seq=7
+|Image overstruck variety=OV_Hersh_D9_2.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.76056
 |Museum collection=Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum
 |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=ROMA
+|Reverse legend language=Latin
 |Reverse description=Prow of galley right. Below, 3 pellets.
 |Mint=Rome
 |Ancient region=Latium
 |Authority=Roman Republic
-|Date from=215
+|Date from=215 BCE
-|Date to=212
+|Date to=212 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=16.45
 |Denomination=quadrans
-|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, no. D.9.a. ; Bahr 33.
+|Coin reference=Bahrfeldt 1904, n°33; Hersh 1953, n°D.9.a..
-|Coin series reference=M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 41/8b.
+|Coin series reference=Sydenham 1952, n°106; RRC, n°41/8b.
+|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-41.8
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus right.
 |Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck reverse description=Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open.
-|Overstruck authority=Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaic king, 283-246 BC)
+|Overstruck mint=Sicily (uncertain mint)
-|Coin series reference overstruck=Svoronos 610
+|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily
+|Overstruck authority=Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaic king, 283-246 BC); Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)
+|Overstruck date from=264 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=263 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Svoronos 1904-1908, n°610; Weiser 1995, n°18
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_2.B290
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="Triental quadrans (Hercules r./prow r. - no m.m.) overstruck on Ptolemaic issue (Zeus r./eagle) ; as Svoronos 610, a coin of the period of Ptolemy II (285-246 B.C.)"
 }}