2191 - Aesernia (AE Minerva/eagle) over uncertain type (Numismatica Ars Classica, O, May 2004, 1004)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2191

263 BCE - 240 BCEΑISERNIO

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1589 - Aesernia over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica O (13/05/2004), lot 1004

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΑISERNIO (Latin) Head of Minerva left, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. In right field, club.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eagle right, opened wings, grasping snake. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Aesernia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (Samnium)

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 263 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 240 BCE

hellenistic 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: 6.726.72 g <br />6,720 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

HGC 1, p. 148, n° 336

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, n° 117, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 429, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 336

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

visible on obverse: unidentified marks.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Chronology

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

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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