SO 970 - Rome over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3635

225 BCE - 39 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Hersh_12.png [1]

Overstruck variety

OV_Hersh_12_3.png [2]

Traces of the overstruck variety

OV_Hersh_12.png [3]

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. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 39 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: 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:

Bahrfeldt 1904, n°35, Hersh 1953, n°12

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus-Ammon right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek) Two eagles left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Alexandria

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Egypt

Modern countryModern country: Egypt

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

Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 180 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 146 BCE

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

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n°1424, Weiser 19952Weiser 1995, n°141 142

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Uncial As (Janus/prow r. - m.m. P) overstruck on P (Zeus r./two eagles) ; as Svoronos 1424, a coin of Philometor (180-146 B.C)"