SO 1019 - Canusium over uncertain mint

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|Image overstruck variety=Ref athena acheloos.png
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|Image reference overstruck variety=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8574088t
 
|Museum collection=Turin
 
|Museum collection=Turin
 
|Obverse description=Head of Minerva right, wearing necklace, earing and crested Corinthian helmet. Above, 4 pellets. Border of dots.
 
|Obverse description=Head of Minerva right, wearing necklace, earing and crested Corinthian helmet. Above, 4 pellets. Border of dots.
 
|Reverse legend=ROMA
 
|Reverse legend=ROMA
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|Reverse legend language=Latin
 
|Reverse description=Prow of galley right. In right field, CA. Below, 4 pellets (mark of value). Linear border.
 
|Reverse description=Prow of galley right. In right field, CA. Below, 4 pellets (mark of value). Linear border.
 
|Mint=Canusium
 
|Mint=Canusium
 
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Apulia)
 
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Apulia)
 
|Authority=Roman Republic
 
|Authority=Roman Republic
|Date from=209
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|Date from=209 BCE
|Date to=208
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|Date to=208 BCE
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|Period=Hellenistic
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|Metal=Bronze
 
|Weight=6.02
 
|Weight=6.02
 
|Denomination=triens
 
|Denomination=triens
 
|Standard=uncial
 
|Standard=uncial
|Coin reference=Ch. A. Hersh, "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6/13 (1953), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5, n° 15g.
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|Coin reference=Hersh 1953, n°15g (no illustration)
|Coin series reference=E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, 1952, 309c.;M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 100/3.
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|Coin series reference=Sydenham 1952, n°309c.; RRC, n°100/3
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|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-100.3
 
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet.
 
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet.
 
|Overstruck reverse description=Head of river-god Acheloüs left.
 
|Overstruck reverse description=Head of river-god Acheloüs left.
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|Overstruck mint=Thyrrheium
 
|Overstruck ancient region=Acarnania
 
|Overstruck ancient region=Acarnania
 
|Overstruck authority=Acarnanian league
 
|Overstruck authority=Acarnanian league
|Coin series reference overstruck=BMC Thessaly, Acarnanian League 21 f.
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|Overstruck date from=250 BCE
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|Overstruck date to=220 BCE
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|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
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|Coin series reference overstruck=BMC Thessaly, Acarnanian League, n°21f;  BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n°41-44; HGC 4, 738
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|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/acarnanian_league.bmc.21-4
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|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
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|Level of confidence=sure
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|Remarks="overstruck on Acarnanian League (Athena l./river god Acheloös l.)"
 
}}
 
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Latest revision as of 10:32, 6 June 2024

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1774


209 BCE - 208 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstruck variety
Ref athena acheloos.png [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Turin

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Minerva right, wearing necklace, earing and crested Corinthian helmet. Above, 4 pellets. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. In right field, CA. Below, 4 pellets (mark of value). Linear border.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Canusium Ancient regionAncient region. Magna Graecia (Apulia) 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. 209 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.026.02 g <br />6,020 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triens Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: uncial
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Hersh 1953, n°15g (no illustration) Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°309c., RRC2RRC, n°100/3
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of river-god Acheloüs left.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Thyrrheium Ancient regionAncient region.  Acarnania Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Acarnanian league
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 220 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Thessaly3BMC Thessaly, Acarnanian League, n°21f, BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien4BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n°41-44, HGC 45HGC 4, 738
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on Acarnanian League (Athena l./river god Acheloös l.)"

References

  1. ^  Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
  2. ^  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
  3. ^  Gardner, Percy (1883), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. V : Thessaly to Aetolia, London, The Trustees, p. 234, pl. 32.
  4. ^  Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.
  5. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.