25922 - Zeugitana (uncertain mint) (AE Tanit/horse) over Rome (Roma/prow)(Hersh 1953, n°32)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 25922

218 BCE - 204 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Tanit l.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse head r.

Mint and issuing power

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

Zeugitana (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Zeugitana

Modern countryModern country: Tunisia

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. 218 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 204 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: 11.6911.69 g <br />11,690 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Hersh 1953, pl. V, n° 32	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.]]1Hersh 1953, pl. V, n° 32, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HN Italy, n°2023-5
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/bruttium.punic.hn italy.2023-5

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Roma, left, wearing Attic helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ROMA (Latin) Prow r.

Mint and issuing power

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

Rome

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Latium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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

Roman Republic

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 217 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 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:

uncia

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.]]3RRC, n°38/6
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-38.6

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"over-struck on semi-libral uncia (Roma l./prow r.)"

References

^ Hersh, Charles A. (1953), "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6 (13), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5.
^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge