SO 1062 - Rome over Rome

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1979

70 - 68 | M.PLAETORI CEST.EX SC

Images

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Hersh collection ; L. A. Lawrence collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head right. Behind, mallet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

M.PLAETORI CEST.EX SC Winged caduceus. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Rome

Ancient regionAncient region.

Latium

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, M. Plaetorius Cestianus (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 69 BC, 67 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 70 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 68

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: 3.953.95 g <br />3,950 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denarius

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Ch. A. Hersh, "Some additional Roman Republican overstrikes", ANS Museum Notes 32 (1987), p. 85-95, pl. 7, n° 3.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

E. A. Sydenham1E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, 1952, 807., M. Crawford2M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 405/5.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head right. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

L.IVLI.BVRSIO Victory driving quadriga right, holding reins in left hand and wreath in right hand. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Rome

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Latium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

L. Iulius Bursio (Roman Republican moneyer, c. 85 BC)

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:

denarius

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Cr. 352/13Cr. 352/1, Syd. 7284Syd. 728, Babelon 5 (Julia)5Babelon 5 (Julia)

Additional data

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