18086 - Carthage (AE Heracles/lion) over Carthage (Carthago Numismatics at Vcoins, 25 June 2023)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 18086

241 BCE - 238 BCE | ΛIBYΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Carthago Numismatics at Vcoins, June 25, 2023 (info DMD)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛIBYΩN (Greek) Bull butting right, M above

Mint and issuing power

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

Carthage

Ancient regionAncient region.

Zeugitana

Modern countryModern country: Tunisia

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 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: 13.7513.75 g <br />13,750 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 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.]]1Carradice - La Niece 1988, p. 35-36, n° 141-159

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit l.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bust of horse r.

Mint and issuing power

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

Carthage

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Zeugitana

Modern countryModern country: Tunisia

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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

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.