216 BCE - 211 BCE | Oscan
Overstriking coin
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Laureate head of Jupiter r., behind, two pellets
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Oscan Two Italic soldiers presenting swords to each other and swearing over piglet, in l. field, two pellets. In exergue, legend in Oscan characters
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Atella
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Campania
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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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Roman Republic
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 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: 11.5611.56 g <br />11,560 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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BMC Italy, p. 74, n° 4, Hersh 1953, pl. 5, n° 34a
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Hersh 19531Hersh 1953, pl. 5, n° 34a, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 466, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 364
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Sol facing, wearing radiate crown. In left side, 1 pellet.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ROMA (Latin) Cresent and two stars. Amongst them, 1 pellet.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 217 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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uncia
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Roman
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References
References
- ^ Hersh, Charles A. (1953), "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6 (13), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
