SO 1007 - Canusium over Oiniadae
From SILVER
209 - 208 | ROMA
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Naples, Archaeological Museum, 1572 | |
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 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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 | 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: 7,3",3" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triens 
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| StandardStandard.: uncial | |||
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. 5, no. 14 j. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | E. A. Sydenham1E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, 1952, 309c., M. Crawford2M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 100/3. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of river-god Acheloüs right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Oiniadae | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Acarnania | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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 Thessaly3BMC Thessaly, Oeniadae 6 sq. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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