2774 - Sicily (uncertain Punic mint) (tetradrachm Heracles/head of horse) over uncertain type (Gorny & Mosch, 156, March 2007, 1159)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2774

313 BCE - 305 BCE | "Paymasters" (Phoenician letters)

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch 156, 5 March 2007, 1159

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"Paymasters" (Phoenician letters) Head of horse left and palm tree. In left field, pellet. Border of dots.

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. 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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.1717.17 g <br />17,170 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:

"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Jenkins 1978, n° 325-346, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Jenkins 1997, IV, Taf. 7. 343, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 2, n° 295, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Artru 2024, n° 3014* (D396-R646)

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägungsspuren am Rand" (nb: not surely an overstrike)

References

^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1978), "Coins of Punic Sicily. Part 4. Carthage Series 5-6", Schweizerische numismatische Rundschau, 57, p. 5-68, pl. 1-24.
^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1997), Coins of Punic Sicily, Zurich, Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft.
^ 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.