SO 250 - Uncertain mint over uncertain mint
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241 - 238ΛΙΒΥΩΝ | ΛΙΒΥΩΝ
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Gorny and Mosch 269 (09/03/2020), no. 689 ; Triton 3 (1999), no. 669. | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Dr G. W. collection ; M. A. Sinton collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΛΙΒΥΩΝ Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΛΙΒΥΩΝ Bull charging right. Above, 'M'(Punic letter). Border of dots. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | 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: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 241 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 238 | 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: 12,7",7" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 2 shekels | |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | M. R. Viola, Corpus Nummorum Punicorum, Milan, 2010, no. 406b | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | J. Alexandropoulos1 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
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: |
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
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | 2 shekels |
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: |
References
- ^ J. Alexandropoulos