SO 250 - Uncertain mint over uncertain mint

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3603

241 - 238ΛΙΒΥΩΝ | ΛΙΒΥΩΝ

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Gorny and Mosch 269 (09/03/2020), no. 689 ; Triton 3 (1999), no. 669.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Dr G. W. collection ; M. A. Sinton collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΛΙΒΥΩΝ Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΙΒΥΩΝ Bull charging right. Above, 'M'(Punic letter). Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Uncertain mint

Ancient regionAncient region.

Modern countryModern country: unknown

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. 241 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 238

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: 12.712.7 g <br />12,700 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 2 shekels

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

M. R. Viola, Corpus Nummorum Punicorum, Milan, 2010, no. 406b

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

J. Alexandropoulos1J. Alexandropoulos, Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique. 400 av. J.-C.-40 ap. J.-C., Toulouse, 2007, no. 52

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

2 shekels

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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