2567 - Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Mercury/prow) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Paris, BnF, REP 4117)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2567

210 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, REP-4117 (D'Ailly collection 3453)
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	D'Ailly collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, 2 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. In right field, mongram' MA'. Below, 2 pellets (mark of value).

Mint and issuing power

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

Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Sardinia

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:

Roman Republic, P. Manlius Vulso (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 210 BCE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 210 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 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: 4.934.93 g <br />4,930 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Hersh 1953, n°17a.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sydenham 1952, n°160c var, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RRC, n°64/6b
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-64.6

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bull walking right. Above, star.

Mint and issuing power

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

Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sardinia

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. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 201 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Müller 1860-1874, vol.2, p.146, n°8, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RRC, Table XVIII, n°49(i), "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Jenkins - Lewis 1963, n°387-8
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sardo punic.sng copenhagen.387-8

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on Sardo-Punic (Tanit l./bull r. ; above, large star)"

References

^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
a b Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
^ Müller, Ludvig (1860-1874), Numismatique de l'ancienne Afrique, 3 vol., Copenhagen, Impr. de B. Luno
^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth - Lewis, Richard Boyes (1963), Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, RNS 2, London, 140 p., 38 pl.