1979 - Rome (denarius male head/caduceus - RRC 405/5 69 BCE) over Rome (male head/victory driving quadriga RRC 352/1 85 BCE) (Hersh coll. - Hersh 1987, 3)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1979

69 BCE - 69 BCE | M PLAETORI CEST EX SC

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Hersh collection ; L. A. Lawrence collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head right. Behind, mallet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

M PLAETORI CEST EX SC (Latin) Winged caduceus. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rome

Ancient regionAncient region.

Latium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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:

M. Plaetorius Cestianus (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 69 BCE, 67 BCE), Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 69 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 69 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.953.95 g <br />3,950 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denarius

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Hersh 1987, pl. 7, n° 3	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.]]1Babelon 1901-1932, Plaetoria, n°5, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sydenham 1952, n° 807, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RRC, n° 405/5, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Hersh 1987, pl. 7, n° 3
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-405.5

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head right. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

L IVLI BVRSIO (Latin) Victory driving quadriga right, holding reins in left hand and wreath in right hand. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rome

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Latium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

L. Iulius Bursio (Roman Republican moneyer, c. 85 BC), Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denarius

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Babelon 1901-1932, Julia, n° 5, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sydenham 1952, n° 728, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RRC, n° 352/1
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-352.1

Additional data

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

References

a b Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
a b Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
a b Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
^ Hersh, Charles A. (1987), "Some additional Roman Republican overstrikes", American Numismatic Society Museum Notes 32, p. 85-95, pl. 7-8.