28106 - Sicily (uncertain punic mint) (AE palm tree/horse) over Sicily (uncertain punic mint) (Tanit/horse) (Bertolami, EA 245, Dec. 2022, 405)
From SILVER
320 BCE - 300 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Bertolami Fine Arts, EA 245, 17 Dec. 2022, 405 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Palm tree with two dates | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse's head r. |
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. 320 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.854.85 g <br />4,850 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Lindgren 19931Lindgren 1993, n°626, Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 20, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1669 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Wreathed head of Tanit to left wearing circular earring | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse prancing to right on exergue line |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Sicily (uncertain Punic mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sicily | Modern countryModern country: Italy | 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. 375 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19874Calciati 1987, p. 376, 1, Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 15a, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1668 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck" | ||
References
- ^ Lindgren, H. C. (1993), Ancient Greek Bronze coins from the Lindgren collection, Chrysopylon, Quarryville, 204 p.
- a b 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.
- a b 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.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
