3635 - Rome (AE Janus/prow) over Alexandria (Ptolemaic type) (Zeus/double eagle) (Paris, BnF, coll. d'Ailly, 3650)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3635


169 BCE - 158 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Hersh_12.png [1]
Overstruck variety
OV_Hersh_12_3.png [2]
Traces of the overstruck variety
OV_Hersh_12.png [3]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, collection d'Ailly, n° 3650
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : 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 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: 23.323.3 g <br />23,300 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: as Nomisma.org
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. : Alexandria Ancient regionAncient region.  Egypt Modern countryModern country: Egypt AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : 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

  1. ^  Bahrfeldt, Max von (1907), "Die Römisch-Sicilischen Münzen aus der zeit der Republik", Revue suisse de numismatique, vol. 24, p. 218-234.
  2. ^  Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
  3. ^  Hersh, Charles A. (1953), "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6 (13), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5.
  4. ^  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
  5. ^  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.
  6. ^  Weiser, Wolfram (1995), Katalog Ptolemäischer bronzemünzen der sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Westdeutscher Verlag, p.127