17736 - Rhegium (AE Artemis/Lion) over Rhegium (lion/Apollo) (CNG, EA 502, 2021, 29)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 17736

260 BCE - 215 BCE | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

2446 - Rhegium (AE) over Rhegium.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 502, 20 oct. 2021, 29
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Mercury Group Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Artemis right, wearing diadem, bow and quiver over shoulder.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Lion walking right. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bruttium

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 260 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 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: 6.146.14 g <br />6,140 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 725-6, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HN Italy, n° 2544
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2544

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Facing lion scalp

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Apollo right

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bruttium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HN Irtaly, n° 2509
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2509

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on an earlier issue (facing lion scalp/head of Apollo right type)"

References

^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1975), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 3. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3 (Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx), New-York, pl. 38.
^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ HN Irtaly