10730 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Lybian revolt) (AE Isis/three grains) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (Carthago Nova seller, V coins, Nov. 2022)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 10730

241 BCE - 238 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

2300 - Carthage (bronze, 241-238 BCE) over Carthage (Carthago Nova seller, V coins, 27 Nov. 2022).jpg

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Carthago Nova seller, V coins, 27 Nov. 2022

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Isis left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Three grain ears

Mint and issuing power

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

Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Sardinia

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, Lybian mercenaries (241-237 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 241 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 238 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: 12.7012.7 g <br />12,700 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen North Africa1SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n° 227, Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 56, Viola 20103Viola 2010, n° 696e
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/libyans.alexandropoulos.2007.70

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit to left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring and elaborate necklace

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of horse to right, to right, punic letter ' (ayin)

Mint and issuing power

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

Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sardinia

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 264 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

SNG Copenhagen North Africa1SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n° 151, Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 57, HGC 24HGC 2, n° 1671

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on horse's head type"

References

a b Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1992), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, volume 8. Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Gaul. Sunrise Publ., Inc.
a b Alexandropoulos, Jacques (2007), Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique (400 av. J.-C.-40 ap. J.-C.), Presses universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse, 507 p., 17 pl.
^ Viola, Mauro R. (2010), Corpus Nummorum Punicorum, Numismatica Varesi, p.iv, p.960
^ 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.