28378 - Iol (Caesarea) (Juba II and Cleopatra Selene) (denarius Juba/star & crescent) over Iol (Caesarea) (Juba II and Cleopatra Selene) (Juba/star & crescent) (Auctiones, 29, June 2003, 434)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 28378

23 BCE - 5 BCEREX IVBA | BACIΛICCA KΛEΟΠΑΤΡA

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Auctiones AG, 29, 12 June 2003, 434

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

REX IVBA (Latin) Diademed head r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BACIΛICCA KΛEΟΠΑΤΡA (Greek) Six-pointed star within crescent

Mint and issuing power

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

Iol (Caesarea)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Mauretania

Modern countryModern country: Algeria

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:

Juba II (king of Numidia and Mauretania, 48 BCE-23 CE), Cleopatra Selene II, Kingdom of Numidia

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 23 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 5 BCE

Roman ^{from 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: 2.712.71 g <br />2,710 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denarius
		StandardStandard.: Roman

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Mazard 19551Mazard 1955, n° 299, Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 97

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

REX IVBA (Latin) Diademed head r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BACIΛICCA KΛEΟΠΑΤΡA (Greek) Six-pointed star within crescent

Mint and issuing power

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

Iol (Caesarea)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Mauretania

Modern countryModern country: Algeria

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

Juba II (king of Numidia and Mauretania, 48 BCE-23 CE), Cleopatra Selene II, Kingdom of Numidia

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 23 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 5 BCE

Roman ^{from 30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denarius

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Roman

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Mazard 19551Mazard 1955, n° 299, Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 97

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"überprägt auf einen "Brockage"-Denar des Juba (Teile des inkusen Kopfes auf dem Rv. sichtbar)" (nb: indeed an exceptional case of an overstrike over a brockage)

References

a b Mazard, Jean (1955), Corpus nummorum Numidiae Mauretaniaeque, Arts et métiers graphiques, Paris, 265p.
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.