30400 - Salapia (AE horse dolphin) over Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) (Tanit/horse head) (Davissons, EA 51, July 2025, 16)
From SILVER
275 BCE - 250 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Davissons, EA 51, 23 July 2025, 16 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Horse stepping right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Dolphin left |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Salapia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Apulia | 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. 275 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE | 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: 4.574.57 g <br />4,570 mg <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: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1HN Italy, n° 685, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 1, n° 637 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Wreathed head of Kore-Tanit l. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of horse r. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Sardinia (uncertain Punic 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: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 264 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on a Carthaginian bronze, with horse's head and palm tree (reverse of undertype) visible rotated 90 degrees on obverse so horse faces upwards; Tanit's hair (obverse of undertype) visible above dolphin on reverse (cf. SNG Copenhagen 174-175). Impressive ancient overstrike" | ||
