2186 - Rhegium (AE Apollo/Wolf) over uncertain mint of the Brettii (Zeus/eagle) (Elsen, 127, Dec. 2015, 74)
From SILVER
215 - 211 | PHΓΙΝΩΝ
Images
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Elsen 127 (5/12 2015), no. 74 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. Behind, palm branch. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | PHΓΙΝΩΝ Wolf standing right. In right field, III. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rhegium | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Calabria) | 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: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 215 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 | 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: 7,43",43" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetras / 4 units | |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1 , N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)2 , O. D. Hoover3 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus (visible on obverse: locks of hair) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ Eagle left, wings opened |
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: | The Bruttians |
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: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
RemarksRemarks: |