2186 - Rhegium (AE Apollo/Wolf) over uncertain mint of the Brettii (Zeus/eagle) (Elsen, 127, Dec. 2015, 74)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2186

208 BCE - 150 BCE | PHΓΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1222 - Rhegium (AE tetras).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Brettii zeus eagle.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Elsen, 127, 5 Dec. 2015, 74

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Behind, palm branch. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

PHΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Wolf standing right. In right field, III.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bruttium

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. 208 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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: 7.437.43 g <br />7,430 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetras

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 793-7, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2562, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1714
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2562

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus (visible on obverse: locks of hair)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ (Greek) Eagle left, wings opened

Mint and issuing power

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

Mint of uncertain location of the Bruttii

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bruttium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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

The Bruttians

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 208 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 203 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 44, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1978, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1366
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/brettii.hn italy.1978-1981

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Surfrappé sur un bronze de la ligue des Brettiens (tête de Zeus au droit)"

References

a b Troxell, Hyla A. (1975), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 3. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3 (Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx), New-York, pl. 38.
a b Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm