20924 - Tauromenium (AE Athena/Pegasus) over Tauromenium (Heracles/bull) (Bertolami, EA 32, Jan. 2016, 314)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 20924

190 BC - 180 BCE | ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Tauromenium_Bertolami.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Tauromenium_Heracles_bull.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Bertolami Fine Arts, EA 32, 11 Jan. 2016, 314

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace and crested Corinthian helmet. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ (Greek) Pegasus left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Tauromenium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Sicily

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 190 BC toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 180 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: 6.626.62 g <br />6,620 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 224, n° 34-35 OS/1, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1149-1152, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1581, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 339, n° 388
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tauromenium.puglisi 2009.388

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing tainia. Monogram to left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ (Greek) Bull charging right.

Mint and issuing power

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

Tauromenium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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. 265 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 263 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 218-219, n° 19-20 OS, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1133-1135, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1579, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 337, n° 379
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tauromenium.puglisi 2009.379

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"traces of an uncertain undertype"

References

a b Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
a b Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
a b Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.