2162 - Rhegium (AE Janiform head/Asclepius) over Rhegium (jugate heads/tripod) (Bertolami, EA 80, April 2020, 146)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2162

216 BCE - 150 BCE | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1418 - Rhegium over Rhegium.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Rhegium Apollo Artemis tripod 215 BCE.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Bertolami, EA 80, 18-21 Apr. 2020, 146

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Janiform female head wearing polos.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Asclepius seated one quarter left, holding scepter. Behind, bow? In left field, Π (value mark). Border of dots.

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. 216 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: 10.5410.54 g <br />10,540 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: pentonkion	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 2551, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1709
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2551

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Jugate heads of Apollo and Artemis right (visible on reverse: almost everything)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Tripod.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bruttium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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. 260 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 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:

trias

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 2550

Additional data

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

References

a b Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ 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