2858 - Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (AE Tanit/standing horse) over Rome (Minerva/prow) (Volterra, Museo Guarnacci - Visona 1994)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2858


264 BCE - 241 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Sardinia_Volterra.jpg
Overstruck variety
Rome_sextans.jpg [1]
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org 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. : Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint) Ancient regionAncient region.  Sardinia Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : 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

  1. ^  Visonà, Paolo (1994), "An overstruck punic bronze coin in Volterra", Annotazioni Numismatiche 4 (16), p. 339-340.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge