SO 225 - Carthage over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3650

242 BCE - 240 BCE

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	M&M, 21, 24 May 2007, 786.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	H. C. Lindgren col.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit left, wearing necklace, earrings and wreath. Linear border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse right. In background, palm tree.

Mint and issuing power

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

Carthage

Ancient regionAncient region.

Zeugitana

Modern countryModern country: Tunisia

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. 242 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 240 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 14.8214.82 g <br />14,820 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 2 shekels

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Lindgren 1993, p. 86, n° 1604.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Lindgren 19931Lindgren 1993, n°1604, SNG Copenhagen2SNG Copenhagen, n° 190, Alexandropoulos 20073Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 45.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.45

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"überprägungsspuren"