1884 - Atella (AE Jupiter/two soldiers) over Rome (Sol/crescent & two stars) (London, BM, Taylor Combe, p. 21, 3)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1884

Images

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, TC,p21.3.Ace

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Jupiter right, wearing laurel wreath. In left side, 2 pellets.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Two soldiers swearing a vow over a pig. In left side, 2 pellets.

Mint and issuing power

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

Atella

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (Campania)

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:

Roman Republic

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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.5611.56 g <br />11,560 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 9 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
		StandardStandard.: triental

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. 34a., BMC Greek (Italy) / A catalogue of Greek coins: Italy, p. 74, no. 4, Taylor Combe 1814 / Veterum Populorum et Regum Numi qui in Museo Britannico Adversantur (The Coins of Ancient Peoples and Kings Preserved in the British Museum) HN Italy / Historia Numorum : Italy (466)

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

M. Crawford1M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974,

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Sol facing, wearing radiate crown. In left side, 1 pellet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ROMA Cresent and two stars. Amongst them, 1 pellet.

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:

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

uncia (semi-libral)

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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