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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1731

43 BCE - 43 BCECAPITOLINVS | PETILLIVS

Images

Overstriking coin

Hersh_5a.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Ref_487_2b.png [2]

Traces of the overstruck variety

Hersh_5b_OV.jpg [3]

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

CAPITOLINVS (Latin) Head of Jupiter right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

PETILLIVS (Latin) Hexastyle temple (Capitoline temple). Border of dots.

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:

Petillius Capitolinus (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 43 BC), Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 43 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 43 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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denarius

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Hersh 1987, n° 5.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Petillia, n°1, Sydenham 19522Sydenham 1952, n°1149, RRC3RRC, n°487/1.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-487.1

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

CAPITOLINVS (Latin) Head of Jupiter right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

PETILLIVS (Latin) Hexastyle temple (Capitoline temple). 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:

Petillius Capitolinus (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 43 BC), Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 43 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 43 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:	Cr. 487/14Cr. 487/1
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	Babelon 1901-1932, Petillia, n°3 Sydenham 1952, n°1151 RRC, n°487/2b

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: