3861 - Iol (Caesarea) (AE Isis/three ears) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (MacDonald coll.)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3861


200 BCE - 100 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Iol_over_Carthage.png
Overstruck variety
Carthage_(iol)).jpg [1]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : D. MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Isis left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Three ears.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Iol (Caesarea) Ancient regionAncient region. Mauretania Modern countryModern country: Algeria 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 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
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Mazard 19551Mazard 1955, n° 548-560

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Wreathed head of Tanit left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Horse standing right, palm tree in background to left, ligate Punic Ṭ and Š below
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Carthage Ancient regionAncient region.  Zeugitana Modern countryModern country: Tunisia AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Carthaginian Empire
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.. 215 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Mazard 19551Mazard 1955, n° 162d, Alexandropoulos 20072Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 84
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Struck over a Carthage coin"

References

  1. a b  Mazard, Jean (1955), Corpus nummorum Numidiae Mauretaniaeque, Arts et métiers graphiques, Paris, 265p.
  2. ^  Alexandropoulos, Jacques (2007), Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique (400 av. J.-C.-40 ap. J.-C.), Presses universitaires du Mirail, Toulouse, 507 p., 17 pl.