SO 251 - Carthage over Rome
From SILVER
220 - 205
Images
Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Melkart left, bearded, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | African elephant right. Below, Punic letter A. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Carthage | Ancient regionAncient region. | Zeugitana | Modern countryModern country: Tunisia | 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: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 220 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 205 | 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: 3,03",03" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 1/2 shekel 
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Ch. A. Hersh, "Some Additional Roman Republican Overstrikes", ANS Museum Notes 32 (1987), p. 85-95, pl. 7, no. 1., Villaronga, L. (1976), Reacuñacion Carthaginesa sobre un denario Romano, Gaceta Numismatica 40, p. 15. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 382-383 (Volume 8. Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Gaul). |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet. Behind, X (mark of value). Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA Dioscuri riding right in circular border. |
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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | denarius
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Crawford 44/52Crawford 44/5, Syd. 140. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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