26219 - Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) (AE Minerva/prow) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Hersh 1953, 8a)
From SILVER
216 BCE - 211 BCE | ROMA
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | C.A.H. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Minerva right. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Sicily (uncertain Roman 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: | Roman Republic |
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.. 211 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.267.26 g <br />7,260 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triens ![]() |
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References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Hersh 1953, n° 8a | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Hersh 19531Hersh 1953, n° 8a, RRC2RRC, n° 42/4 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit, left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse standing, right. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Carthage | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Zeugitana | Modern countryModern country: Tunisia | 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.. 211 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Robinson 19643Robinson 1964, p.53, HN Italy4HN Italy, n°2026 | ||
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on Carthage (Tanit l./horse standing 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.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ Robinson, Edward Stanley Gotch (1964), "Carthaginian and other South Italian Coinages of the Second Punic War," Numismatic Chronicle, 7th Ser., Vol. 4, p. 37-64
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.