SO 1049 - Uncertain mint in Sardinia over Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2487

210 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA

Images

Overstruck variety

Ref tanit bull2.png [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Hanover, 1213

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, 2 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. In right field, mongram' MA'. Below, 2 pellets (mark of value).

Mint and issuing power

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

Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Sardinia

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, P. Manlius Vulso (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 210 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 210 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 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: 3.253.25 g <br />3,250 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Hersh 1953, n°17n (no illustration)	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°160c var, RRC2RRC, n°64/6b
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-64.6

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bull walking right. Above, star.

Mint and issuing power

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

Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sardinia

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 201 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Müller 1860-18743Müller 1860-1874, vol.2, p.146, n°8, RRC2RRC, Table XVIII, n°49(i), Jenkins - Lewis 19634Jenkins - Lewis 1963, n°387-8
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sardo punic.sng copenhagen.387-8

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on Sardo-Punic (Tanit l./bull r. ; above, large star)"

References

^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
a b Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
^ Müller, Ludvig (1860-1874), Numismatique de l'ancienne Afrique, 3 vol., Copenhagen, Impr. de B. Luno
^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth - Lewis, Richard Boyes (1963), Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, RNS 2, London, 140 p., 38 pl.

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+|Image overstruck variety=Ref tanit bull2.png
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10310654x
 |Museum collection=Hanover, 1213
 |Obverse description=Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, 2 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots.
 |Reverse legend=ROMA
+|Reverse legend language=Latin
 |Reverse description=Prow of galley right. In right field, mongram' MA'. Below, 2 pellets (mark of value).
-|Mint=Uncertain mint
+|Mint=Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint)
 |Ancient region=Sardinia
-|Authority=Roman Republic ; P. Manlius Vulso (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 210 BC)
+|Authority=Roman Republic; P. Manlius Vulso (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 210 BCE)
-|Date from=210
+|Date from=210 BCE
-|Date to=209
+|Date to=210 BCE
+|Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=3.25
-|Denomination=sextans (light)
+|Denomination=sextans
-|Standard=sextantal
+|Coin reference=Hersh 1953, n°17n (no illustration)
-|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, no. 17n.
+|Coin series reference=Sydenham 1952, n°160c var; RRC, n°64/6b
-|Coin series reference=M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 64/6.
+|Coin series web reference=https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-64.6
 |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Tanit left.
 |Overstruck reverse description=Bull walking right. Above, star.
-|Overstruck mint=Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location
+|Overstruck mint=Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint)
 |Overstruck ancient region=Sardinia
 |Overstruck authority=Carthaginian Empire
-|Coin series reference overstruck=Müller, ii, p. 146, 8.
+|Overstruck date from=216 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=201 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Müller 1860-1874, vol.2, p.146, n°8; RRC, Table XVIII, n°49(i); Jenkins - Lewis 1963, n°387-8
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sardo_punic.sng_copenhagen.387-8
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="overstruck  on Sardo-Punic (Tanit l./bull r. ; above, large star)"
 }}