2858 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (AE Tanit/standing horse) over Rome (Minerva/prow) (Volterra, Museo Guarnacci - Visona 1994)
From SILVER
264 BCE - 241 BCE
Images
Overstruck variety

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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Volterra's Museo Guarnacci. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Tanit left. Linear border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horse standing right. |
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. 264 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 241 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: 77 g <br />7,000 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br /> | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 24.324.3 mm <br />2.43 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Visonà 1994, p. 339-340 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Visonà 19941Visonà 1994, p. 339-340, Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 59 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Minerva r. (?). Border of dots (visible on obverse). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Prow r., below, four pellets |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sardinia | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 204 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | RRC3RRC, n° 56/4 | ||
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
RemarksRemarks: | nb: chronological problem |
References
- ^ Visonà, Paolo (1994), "An overstruck punic bronze coin in Volterra", Annotazioni Numismatiche 4 (16), p. 339-340.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge