330 BCE - 305 BCERas Melqart (Phoenician letters)
Overstriking coin SO_193_-_Rash_Melqart_(tetradrachm_quadriga-female_head).jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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LHS, 95, 25 Oct. 2005, 540
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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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.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Female head to left, wearing earring and necklace. In field, dolphins. Border of dots.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Rash Melqart
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Magna Graecia (Sicily)
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Carthaginian Empire
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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
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Classical and Hellenistic periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.1717.17 g <br />17,170 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head ? (visible on reverse)
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Phenician letters visible on obverse?
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Mint and issuing power
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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetradrachm
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References
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.