2727 - Rash Melqart (tetradrachm quadriga/female head) over uncertain type (LHS, 95, Oct. 2005, 540)
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Revision as of 18:51, 16 August 2022
330 - 305Ras Melqart (Phoenician letters)
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | LHS 95 (25/10/2005), no. 540. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Ras Melqart (Phoenician letters) Quadriga galloping to left, driven by male charioteer, holding kentron and reins in his left. Above, Nike flying to right, crowning the charioteer. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Female head to left, wearing earring and necklace. In field, dolphins. Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rash Melqart (Lilybaion?) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | Modern countryModern country: | 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. 330 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 | Classic or Hellenistic 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: 17.1717.17 g <br />17,170 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm ![]() |
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.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | G. K. Jenkins1G. K. Jenkins, Coins of Punic Sicily, Zürich, 1997, 26-27., O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 738 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head ? (visible on reverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Phenician letters visible on obverse? |
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: | 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
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetradrachm ![]() |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
RemarksRemarks: |