SO 1029 - Uncertain mint in Magna Graecia (Sicily) over Rhegium
From SILVER
211 - 210 | ROMA
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France (D'Ailly collection 1439) | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D'Ailly collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing boar skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA Bull charging right. Above, grain ear and 3 pellets (mark of value). Below, serpent. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | Modern countryModern country: unknown | 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. 211 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 | 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: 10.9110.91 g <br />10,910 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: quadrans | |
StandardStandard.: triental or sextantal |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Ch. A. Hersh, "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6/13 (1953), p. 33-68, pl. 4, n° B3a., D'Ailly (lxvii. 11) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | M. H. Crawford1 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | PHΓINΩN Tripod. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Rhegium | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (Calabria) | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
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: | BMC Italy2 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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