SO 970 - Rome over uncertain mint
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Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, XXX ( D'Ailly collection 3650 - ex. 8) | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D'Ailly collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Janus. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Prow right. |
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 |
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
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 23.323.3 g <br />23,300 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: As | |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Ch. A. Hersh, "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6/13 (1953), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5, no. 12., Bahr 35. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC. - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1, Lancaster-London, 2018, no. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus-Ammon right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Two eagles left. |
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: | Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 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
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Svoronos 14242Svoronos 1424 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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