28185 - Carthage (AE Tanit/standing horse) over Syracuse (Poseidon/trident) (Roma Numismatics, EA 55, Apr. 2019, 123)
From SILVER
215 BCE - 201 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, EA 55, 18 Apr. 2019, 123 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse right, head left. In field, uncertain Punic letter. |
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 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. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 201 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: 7.507.5 g <br />7,500 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <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: | Alexandropoulos 20071Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 86, 88, 95 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Poseidon left | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Ornemented trident, dolphin to either side |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sicily | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Hieron II of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, 270-215 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 270 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19862Calciati 1986, p. 417, n° 207 (RI 3/1), HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1470 | ||
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: | "Rare, an interesting overstrike example. The undertype obverse, featuring a portrait of Poseidon facing left, can be clearly discerned at 90 anticlockwise to the head of Tanit struck over it, while the trident reverse of Hieron II's coin has added attractive decoration to the horses flanks of the overtype Carthaginian coin." |
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1986), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 2, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ 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.