26256 - Rome (AE Saturn/prow) over Carthage (Tanit/horse standing l. head turned r.) (Hersh 1953, 6a)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 26256


211 BCE - 211 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
Hersh_6a.png [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref tanit cheval retourné.jpg [2]
Traces of the overstruck variety
Hersh_6a_OV.png [3]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Seullard Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Laureate head of Saturn, right. Behind, S. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. Above, S.
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. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 10.4610.46 g <br />10,460 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: semis Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Hersh 1953, n° 6a Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n° 143a, Hersh 19532Hersh 1953, n° 6a, RRC3RRC, n° 56/3
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, head turned back
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Carthage Ancient regionAncient region.  Zeugitana Modern countryModern country: Tunisia AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG Copenhagen North Africa4SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n° 349, HN Italy5HN Italy, n° 2029, Alexandropoulos 20076Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 88f, Viola 20107Viola 2010, n° 93c
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., head turned 1.)"

References

  1. ^  Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
  2. ^  Hersh, Charles A. (1953), "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6 (13), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5.
  3. ^  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
  4. ^  Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1992), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, volume 8. Egypt, North Africa, Spain, Gaul. Sunrise Publ., Inc.
  5. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  6. ^  Alexandropoulos, Jacques (2007), Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique (400 av. J.-C.-40 ap. J.-C.), Presses universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse, 507 p., 17 pl.
  7. ^  Viola, Mauro R. (2010), Corpus Nummorum Punicorum, Numismatica Varesi, p.iv, p.960