2185 - Rhegium (AE Janiform head/Asclepius) over Rhegium (jugate heads/tripod) (MacDonald coll., 30)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2185

216 BCE - 150 BCE | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Rhegium Apollo Artemis tripod four dots.jpeg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 30

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Janiform female head wearing polos

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Asclepius seated one quarter left, holding scepter. Behind, bow? In left field, Π (value mark).

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bruttium

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. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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: 11.2911.29 g <br />11,290 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: pentonkion	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 42-43, n° 30	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Grose 19791Grose 1979, n° 1925 (similarly overstruck), HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2551, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1709, MacDonald 20094MacDonald 2009, p. 42-43, n° 30
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2551

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Jugate heads of Apollo and Artemis right (visible on obverse: outline of top and back of Apollo's head, hair curls, trace of symbol behind)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Tripod. Four dots (visible on reverse: base and part of one side of tripod, one dot).

Mint and issuing power

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

Rhegium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bruttium

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. 260 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 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:

trias

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2550
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/rhegium.hn italy.2550

Additional data

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

References

^ Grose, Sidney W. (1979), Catalogue of the McClean collection of Greek coins, 3 vol., Chicago, Obol International, pl. 380.
a b Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
^ MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.