25136 - Sicily (uncertain Punic mint) (tetradrachm Heracles/head of horse) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 369, Febr. 2016, 7)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25136

313 BCE - 305 BCE | Punic MSHB[M] below

Images

Overstriking coin

Sicile_punique_CNG, _EA_369, _24_Febr._2016, _7.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classcial Numismatic Group, EA 369, 24 Febr. 2016, 7

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of young Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Punic MSHB[M] below (Punic) Horse's head left, palm tree behind, in left field, astragalos, below, Punic inscription

Mint and issuing power

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

Sicily (uncertain Punic mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Sicily

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:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 313 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.0317.03 g <br />17,030 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Jenkins 19781Jenkins 1978, n° 325-346, Jenkins 19972Jenkins 1997, series 5b, 348 (O125/R343), HGC 23HGC 2, n° 295

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"flan flaws on obverse from overstriking"

References

^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1978), "Coins of Punic Sicily. Part 4. Carthage Series 5-6", Schweizerische numismatische Rundschau, 57, p. 5-68, pl. 1-24.
^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1997), Coins of Punic Sicily, Zurich, Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft.
^ 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.