241 BCE - 238 BCE | ΛIBYΩN
Overstriking coin
Carthage 2460 Carthago Num.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Carthago Numismatics at Vcoins, June 25, 2023 (info DMD)
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΛIBYΩN (Greek) Bull butting right, M above
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Carthage
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Zeugitana
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Modern countryModern country: Tunisia
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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:
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Carthaginian Empire
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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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 13.7513.75 g <br />13,750 mg <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Tanit l.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Bust of horse r.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Carthage
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Zeugitana
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Modern countryModern country: Tunisia
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Carradice, Ian A. - La Niece, Susan (1988), "The Libyan War and Coinage: a New Hoard and the Evidence of Metal Analysis," Numismatic Chronicle, 148, p. 33-52, 6 pl.
