25130 - Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint) (tetradrachm Heracles/head of horse) over uncertain type (Heritage, Long Beach Signature Sale 3005, May 2009, 20007)
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313 BCE - 305 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Heritage, Long Beach Signature Sale 3005, 29 May 2009, 20007 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (Punic) Horse's head left, palm tree behind, in left field, astragalos, below, Punic inscription |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Sicily | 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: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 313 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.0117.01 g <br />17,010 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm ![]() |
AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br /> |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Jenkins 19781Jenkins 1978, n° 325-346, Jenkins 19972Jenkins 1997, series 5b, 348 (O112/R284), HGC 23HGC 2, n° 295, Artru 20244Artru 2024, n° 3035 (D399-R650 |
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
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
RemarksRemarks: | nb: no mention of overstrike |
References
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1978), "Coins of Punic Sicily. Part 4. Carthage Series 5-6", Schweizerische numismatische Rundschau, 57, p. 5-68, pl. 1-24.
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1997), Coins of Punic Sicily, Zurich, Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Artru, Jérémy (2024), Carthage : monnaie et histoire, de la prise de Sélinonte à la révolte lybienne (409-237 av. n.-è.), unpublished PhD, Orléans, 1.058 p., 61 pl.