2328 - Rhegium (AE Dioskouroi/Hermes) over uncertain mint of the Brettii (Ares/Athena) (CNG, MBS 67, Sept. 2004, 199)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2328

215 - 211 | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 67 (22/09/2004), no. 199

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Jugate draped bust of the Dioskouroi right, wearing pilei with stars. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ Hermes standing facing, head turned left, wearing petasos and drapery, holding caduceus and drapery. In left field, Π (value mark). Linear border.

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.. 211

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: 15.4615.46 g <br />15,460 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: pentonkion / 5 units

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, no. 753., N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)2N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 2553., 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. 1711

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Ares

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Athena

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:

Additional data

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