2780 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (AE Tanit/standing horse & palm tree) over uncertain type (Pegasi, 27, Nov. 2012, 286)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2780

263 BCE - 242 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Pegasi, 27, 6 Nov. 2012, 286

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Tanit left, wearing necklace, earrings and wreath. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horse right. In background, palm tree?

Mint and issuing power

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

Sardinia (uncertain Punic 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:

Carthaginian Empire

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 263 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 242 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: 13.8213.82 g <br />13,820 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 2 shekels
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Babelon 1936, n° 3798, SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n° 219, Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 45.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Babelon 19361Babelon 1936, n° 3798, SNG Copenhagen North Africa2SNG Copenhagen North Africa, n° 219, Alexandropoulos 20073Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 45.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/carthage.alexandropoulos.2007.45

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:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck"

References

^ Babelon, Jean (1936), Catalogue de la collection de Luynes, Monnaies grecques. IV, Syrie, Égypte, Cyrénaïque, Maurétanie, Zeugitane, Numidie, Jules Florange : Louis Ciani, Paris
^ 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.
^ 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.