3608 - Canusium (Roman Republic) (AE Minerva/prow) over Oiniadae (Zeus/Achelous) (CNG, EA 364, Dec. 2015, 90)
From SILVER
209 BCE - 208 BCE | ROMA
Location/history
| Sale(s) ᵖ: | Coin Galleries, 20 Aug. 1986, 117 = Classical Numismatic Group, 364, 2 Dec. 2015, 90 = Ebay seller coin.ages, 28 Sept. 2017 | |
| Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Rick B. Witschonke collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Minerva right, wearing necklace, earing and crested Corinthian helmet. Above, 4 pellets (mark of value). Below, CA (?) Border of dots. | Reverse: | ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. In right field, CA. Below, 4 pellets (mark of value). Linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Canusium | Ancient region | Apulia | Modern country: Italy | Authority: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| From 209 BCE to 208 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Bronze
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Weight in grams: 5.885.88 g <br />5,880 mg <br /> | Denomination: triens
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Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| Diameter: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | Standard: uncial | ||
References
| Coin reference: | Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sydenham 1952, n°309c., "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RRC, n°100/3 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Zeus right | Reverse: | OINIAΔAN (Greek) Head of river-god Acheloüs right |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint ᵖ: | Oiniadae | Ancient region ᵖ | Acarnania | Modern country: Greece | Authority ᵖ: |
Chronology
| From 219 BCE to 211 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC period
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Physical description
References
| Coin type reference ᵖ: | "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3BMC Thessaly, Oeniadae, n°6-14, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n°351.1-11, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5HGC 4, n°899 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidence: | sure |
| Remarks: | "Overstruck on a “Zeus/man-headed bull” issue of Oiniadai, Akarnania (cf. BCD Akarnania 345-8)" | ||
References
- ^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ Gardner, Percy (1883), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. V : Thessaly to Aetolia, London, The Trustees, p. 234, pl. 32.
- ^ Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
