2269 - Rhegium (AE Apollo/wolf) over uncertain mint of the Brettii (Zeus/eagle) (CNG, EA 367, Jan. 2016, 32)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2269

215 BCE - 150 BCE | PHΓΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1221 - Rhegium (AE tetras) over uncertain type.jpg

Overstruck variety

Brettian league 215 BCE.jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 367 (27/01/2016), lot 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 (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.

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 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: 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.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
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, 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.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ (Greek) 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 ANS4SNG ANS, n° 44ff

Additional data

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

References

^ SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum
^ 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
^ SNG ANS