2269 - Rhegium (AE Apollo/wolf) over uncertain mint of the Brettii (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 367, Jan. 2016, 32)
From SILVER
215 - 211 | PHΓΙΝΩΝ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 367 ( 27/01/2016), no. 32 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Ed. L. Owen Collection |
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 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. | Magna Graecia (Calabria) | 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. 215 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.958.95 g <br />8,950 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetras / 4 units | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 9 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | 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, no. 793-7., N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)2N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 2562., O. D. Hoover3O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC. - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1, Lancaster-London, 2018, no. 1714 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ Eagle left, wings opened (visible on obverse: head of eagle and part of legend). |
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: | The Bruttians |
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: | SNG ANS 44ff4SNG ANS 44ff |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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