2182 - Hipana (AE Astragalus/bull) over Sicily (uncertain Punic mint) (head/horse) (MacDonald coll., 32)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2182

344 BCE - 317 BCE | ΙΠΑ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1622_-_Hipana_(AE_Astragalus-bull).jpg

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

1622_Siculo-punic_mint_at_an_uncertain_location_head-horse_(drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 32

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Astragalus.

Reverse:

ΙΠΑ (Greek) Ox standing left. Above, grain ear.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Hipana

Ancient region

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Chronology

From 344 BCE to 317 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 4.164.16 g <br />4,160 mg <br />	Denomination: denomination C
Diameter: 1515 mm <br />1.5 cm <br />

References

Coin reference:	MacDonald 2009, p. 46-47, n° 32.	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Calciati 1983, p. 241-242, n° 1-1/17, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 496, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Puglisi 2009, p. 266, n° 120
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/hipana.puglisi 2009.120

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head left, wearing earring and grain wreath (visible on obverse: most of the head).

Reverse:

Free horse right (visible on reverse: most of horse).

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Sicily (uncertain Punic mint)

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority ^ᵖ:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

From 375 BCE to 350 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

denomination B

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.]]4Calciati 1987, p. 375-381, most likely p. 379, group 4, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 15-17, 15a-17a, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 1668
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.15-17

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

References

^ Calciati, Romolo (1983), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 1, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
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.
^ Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
^ Alexandropoulos, Jacques (2007), Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique (400 av. J.-C.-40 ap. J.-C.), Presses universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse, 507 p., 17 pl.