19167 - Carthage (AE male head/horse) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (CGB, bgr 309113)
From SILVER
350 BCE - 320 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Carthage_Alexan_18_(overstruck).jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | CGB bgr_309113 (no other info) | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Male head left between two grain ears | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse galloping right |
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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 320 BCE | Classical 480-323 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: 2.792.79 g <br />2,790 mg <br /> | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Alexandropoulos 20071Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 19 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit to left, wearing wreath of grain ears | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse standing right before palm tree, to right, three pellets in triangle |
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: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BC toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Alexandropoulos 20071Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 18 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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