SO 222 - Carthage over Carthage

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2911

264 BCE - 241 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Carthage_Tanit_horse_Pecunem_Auctions_345.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Carthage_undertype.png [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Pecunem Auction, EA 37, 01 Nov. 2015, n° 345.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit left, wearing necklace, earrings and wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse right. In background, palm tree. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Carthage

Ancient regionAncient region.

Zeugitana

Modern countryModern country: Tunisia

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. 264 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 241 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.4712.47 g <br />12,470 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 2 shekels

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG Copenhagen North Africa1SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n° 219, Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 44, Sear II3Sear II, n° 6507.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of horse right. In field, Punic letters (visible on obverse).

Mint and issuing power

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

Carthage

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Zeugitana

Modern countryModern country: Tunisia

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:	Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 57
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.57

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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