3635 - Rome (AE Janus/prow) over Alexandria (Ptolemaic type) (Zeus/double eagle) (Paris, BnF, coll. d'Ailly, 3650)
From SILVER
169 BCE - 158 BCE
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, collection d'Ailly, n° 3650 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D'Ailly collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Janus. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Prow right. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rome | Ancient regionAncient region. | Latium | 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: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 169 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 158 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: 23.323.3 g <br />23,300 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: as ![]() |
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References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Bahrfeldt 1904, n° 35, Hersh 1953, n° 12 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Bahrfeldt 19041Bahrfeldt 1904, n° 35, Sydenham 19522Sydenham 1952, n° 297, Hersh 19533Hersh 1953, n° 12, RRC4RRC, n° 183/1 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus-Ammon right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ (Greek) Two eagles left. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Alexandria | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Egypt | Modern countryModern country: Egypt | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy VI Philometor (Ptolemaic king, 180-145 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 180 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 146 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Svoronos 1904-19085Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 1424, Weiser 19956Weiser 1995, n° 141-142 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: | "Uncial As (Janus/prow r. - m.m. P) overstruck on P (Zeus r./two eagles) ; as Svoronos 1424, a coin of Philometor (180-146 B.C)" (nb: not surely head of Janus on the obverse) |
References
- ^ Bahrfeldt, Max von (1907), "Die Römisch-Sicilischen Münzen aus der zeit der Republik", Revue suisse de numismatique, vol. 24, p. 218-234.
- ^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
- ^ Hersh, Charles A. (1953), "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6 (13), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
- ^ Weiser, Wolfram (1995), Katalog Ptolemäischer bronzemünzen der sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Westdeutscher Verlag, p.127