1852 - Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Mercury/prow) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/standing bull) (Hersh 1953, 8a)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 1852

211 BCE - 211 BCE | ROMA

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Head of Minerva right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet. Above, 4 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots.

Reverse:

ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. In right field, C. Below, 2 pellets (mark of value).

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint)

Ancient region

Sardinia

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Roman Republic, L. Cornelius Lentulus (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 211 BCE)

Chronology

From 211 BCE to 211 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 7.267.26 g <br />7,260 mg <br />	Denomination: sextans

References

Coin reference:	Hersh 1953, p. 38, n° 8a	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sydenham 1952, n° 157d, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Hersh 1953, p. 38, n° 8a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RRC, n° 63/6, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4RBW, n° 264
Coin series web reference:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-63.6

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head of Tanit left.

Reverse:

Horse standing right.

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint)

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Sardinia

Modern country: Italy

Authority ^ᵖ:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

From 216 BCE to 201 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Müller 1860-1874, vol. 2, p. 146, n° 8, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RRC, Table XVIII, n° 49(i), "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6Jenkins - Lewis 1963, n° 387-8
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sardo punic.sng copenhagen.387-8

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

References

^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
^ Hersh, Charles A. (1953), "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6 (13), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5.
a b Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
^ Russo, Roberto (2013), The RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins, Numismatica Ars Classica AG, p.407
^ Müller, Ludvig (1860-1874), Numismatique de l'ancienne Afrique, 3 vol., Copenhagen, Impr. de B. Luno
^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth - Lewis, Richard Boyes (1963), Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, RNS 2, London, 140 p., 38 pl.