2105 - Canusium (Roman Republic) (AE Minerva/prow) over Thyrrheium (Athena/Achelous) (Paris, BnF, REP 3736)
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209 BCE - 208 BCE | ROMA
Location/history
| Museum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, REP-3736 | |
| Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D'Ailly collection, 3084 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Minerva right, wearing necklace, earing and crested Corinthian helmet. Above, 4 pellets. Border of dots. | Reverse: | ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. In right field, CA. Below, 4 pellets (mark of value). Linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Canusium | Ancient region | Apulia | Modern country: Italy | Authority: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| From 209 BCE to 208 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Bronze
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Weight in grams: 6.226.22 g <br />6,220 mg <br /> | Denomination: triens
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| Diameter: 21.121.1 mm <br />2.11 cm <br /> | Standard: uncial | ||
References
| Coin reference: | Hersh 1953, n° 15a | 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°309c, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Hersh 1953, n° 15a, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RRC, n°100/3 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet. | Reverse: | Head of river-god Acheloüs left. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint ᵖ: | Thyrrheium | Ancient region ᵖ | Acarnania | Modern country: Greece | Authority ᵖ: | Acarnanian league |
Chronology
| From 250 BCE to 220 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC period
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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.]]4BMC Thessaly, Acarnanian League, n° 21f, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n° 41-44, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6HGC 4, n° 738 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidence: | sure |
| Remarks: | "overstruck on Acarnanian League (Athena l./river god Acheloös 1.)" | ||
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.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ Gardner, Percy (1883), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. V : Thessaly to Aetolia, London, The Trustees, p. 234, pl. 32.
- ^ Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
