2185 - Rhegium (AE Janiform head/Asclepius) over Rhegium (jugate heads/tripod) (MacDonald coll., 30)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2185

215 - 200 | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ

Images

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Janiform female head wearing polos.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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

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.. 200

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: 11.2911.29 g <br />11,290 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: pentonkion / 5 units	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 2 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 42-43, no. 30.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

McClean1McClean, no. 1925 (similarly overstruck), N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)2N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 2551., 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. 1709

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Jugate heads of Apollo and Artemis right (visible on obverse: outline of top and back of Apollo's head, hair curls, trace of symbol behind)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ Tripod. Four dots (visible on reverse: base and part of one side of tripod, one dot).

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Magna Graecia (Calabria)

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. 215 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:

trias / 3 units

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Rutter4Rutter, HN2-Italy, no. 2550

Additional data

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