208 BCE - 203 BCE | ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ
Overstriking coin
Brettii_Nomos_35_108.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Tauromenium_Athena_Pegasus.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Hirsch, FPL XVII, Feb. 1907, 594 = Ars Classica, XII, 18 October 1926, 1045 (part) = Malloy, 1 Dec. 1980, 548 = Nomos, 35, 15 June 2025, 108
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From the collection of Gary Davies, and from the collections of T. Virzi, , and E. Bissen
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Zeus r.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΡΕΤΤΙΩΝ (Greek) Eagle left, wings opened
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Brettii (uncertain mint)
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Bruttium
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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The Bruttians
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 208 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 203 BCE
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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: 5.395.39 g <br />5,390 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 22.522.5 mm <br />2.25 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Athena r., wearing crested Corinthian helmet
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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TAYPOMENITAN (Greek) Pegasus springing left.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Tauromenium
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 220 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:
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Calciati 19874Calciati 1987, p. 224, n° 34-35 OS/1,, SNG ANS 5 Sicily5SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1149-1152, HGC 26HGC 2, n° 1581, Puglisi 20097Puglisi 2009, p. 339, n° 388
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| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
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| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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exceptional
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"overstruck on a bronze from Tauromenion, often dated to the 2nd century BC, but clearly in error. Laureate head of Zeus to right; overstruck on a head of Athena to left, wearing a Corinthian helmet. Rev. [ΒΡΕΤ]-ΤΙΩΝ; overstruck on [ΤΑΥ]ΡΟ-ΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ Eagle standing to left, with spread wings; overstruck on Pegasos flying to left. HGC 1, 1366. HN III 1978-1981. SNG Copenhagen 1663-1675. Virzi pl. 71, 2054 (this coin). For undertype, CNS III, p. 225, 41 OS (this coin). "
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References
- ^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1975), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 3. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3 (Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx), New-York, pl. 38.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
- ^ 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.
- ^ Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
