23644 - Populonia (AE Turms/caducei) over Vetulonia (male head/trident) (Leu Numismatik, 5, Oct. 2019, 7)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 23644

220 BCE - 200 BCE | 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌀 ('pupluna' in Etruscan)

Images

Overstriking coin

Populonia_Leu,_5,_27_Oct._2019,_7.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Vetulonia vathi trident.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik, 5, 27 Oct. 2019, 7.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	"From a Swiss collection, formed before 2005"

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Draped bust of Turms to right, wearing winged petasus, behind, crescent

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌀 ('pupluna' in Etruscan) (Etruscan) Two filleted caducei, below legend, /X (mark of value)

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: 15.6915.69 g <br />15,690 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 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:	"Faint traces of the usual overstriking"

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