1810 - Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Mercury/prow) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/bull) (Paris, BnF, REP-4121)
From SILVER
210 - 209 | ROMA
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, REP-4121 (D'Ailly collection 3466) | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D'Ailly collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, 2 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA Prow of galley right. In right field, mongram' MA'. Below, 2 pellets (mark of value). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Sardinia | Modern countryModern country: unknown | 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: | Roman Republic, P. Manlius Vulso (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 210 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 210 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 209 | 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: 3.63.6 g <br />3,600 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans (light) | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 19.719.7 mm <br />1.97 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: sextantal | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Ch. A. Hersh, "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6/13 (1953), p. 33-68, pl. 5, no. 17d (obverse)., D'Ailly cvii. 6 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | M. Crawford1M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 64/6. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bull walking right. Above, star. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sardinia | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Carthaginian Empire |
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: | Müller2Müller, ii, p. 146, 8. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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