2727 - Rash Melqart (tetradrachm quadriga/female head) over uncertain type (LHS, 95, Oct. 2005, 540)
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|Reverse description=Female head to left, wearing earring and necklace. In field, dolphins. Border of dots. | |Reverse description=Female head to left, wearing earring and necklace. In field, dolphins. Border of dots. | ||
|Mint=Rash Melqart | |Mint=Rash Melqart | ||
− | |Ancient region= | + | |Ancient region=Sicily |
|Authority=Carthaginian Empire | |Authority=Carthaginian Empire | ||
|Date from=330 BCE | |Date from=330 BCE | ||
|Date to=305 BCE | |Date to=305 BCE | ||
− | |Period= | + | |Period=Hellenistic |
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
|Weight=17.17 | |Weight=17.17 |
Latest revision as of 13:51, 25 April 2024
330 BCE - 305 BCERas Melqart (Phoenician letters)
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | LHS, 95, 25 Oct. 2005, 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 | Ancient regionAncient region. | Sicily | 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: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver | 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.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br /> |
StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Jenkins 19711 , HGC 22 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC , Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on an earlier Punic tetradrachm" |
References
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1971), "Coins of Punic Sicily. Part 1", Revue Suisse de Numismatique, 50, p. 25-78, pl. 1-24.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.