23640 - Populonia (AE Turms/caducei) over Vetulonia (male head/trident) (Artemide, 60, Oct. 2023, 13)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 23640

220 BCE - 200 BCE | PVPLVNA

Images

Overstriking coin

Populonia_Artemide, _60, _Oct._2023.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Vetulonia_vathi_trident.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Artemide, 60, Oct. 2023, 13

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Turms right, wearing winged petasus, to left, crescent

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

PVPLVNA (Etruscan) wo filleted kerykeioi, /X (mark of value) between

Mint and issuing power

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

Populonia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Etruria

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. 220 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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: 10.1510.15 g <br />10,150 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3030 mm <br />3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 190, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 184
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/populonia.hn italy.190

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Etruscan legend 'vatl' behind (Etruscan) Head of Nethuns to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Trident head flanked by dolphins, two pellets across fields

Mint and issuing power

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

Vetulonia

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Etruria

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. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 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:

sextans

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 203, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 190
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/vetulonia.hn italy.203

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on Populonia' Sextans"

References

a b Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
a b 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