25155 - Sicily (uncertain Punic mint) (tetradrachm Arethusa/head of horse) over Sicily (uncertain Punic mint) (Heracles/head of horse) (Bolaffi, May 2019, 301)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25155

309 BCE - 300 BCE | MM in punic characters below the horse's neck

Images

Overstriking coin

Sicile_punique_Bolaffi.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

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Traces of the overstruck variety

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Bolaffi, 30 May 2019, 301

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Arethusa to left, wearing wreath of grain leaves, triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace, three dolphins swimming around

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MM in punic characters below the horse's neck (Punic) Horse head three-quarters to left, palm tree behind to right with two bunches

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. 309 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 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: 17.4117.41 g <br />17,410 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Jenkins 19781Jenkins 1978, n° 160, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 287, Artru 20243Artru 2024, n° 1604 (D325-R462)

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

MHSBM ("Paymasters" in Punic) below (Punic) Head of horse left, kerykeion to left, palm tree to right

Mint and issuing power

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

Sicily (uncertain Punic mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetradrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Jenkins 19781Jenkins 1978, Series 5b, HGC 22HGC 2, 295

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike

References

a b Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1978), "Coins of Punic Sicily. Part 4. Carthage Series 5-6", Schweizerische numismatische Rundschau, 57, p. 5-68, pl. 1-24.
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.
^ Artru, Jérémy (2024), Carthage : monnaie et histoire, de la prise de Sélinonte à la révolte lybienne (409-237 av. n.-è.), unpublished PhD, Orléans, 1.058 p., 61 pl.