SO 1000 - Canusium over Oiniadae

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1776


209 BCE - 208 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
Hersh_14c.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref zeus acheloos.png [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: London, British Museum, 2002,0102.5477
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Ch. A. Hersh collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Minerva right, wearing necklace, earing and crested Corinthian helmet. Above, 4 pellets. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. In right field, CA. Below, 4 pellets (mark of value). Linear border.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Canusium Ancient regionAncient region. Magna Graecia (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: Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 209 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 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: 5.825.82 g <br />5,820 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: triens Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: uncial
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Hersh 1953, n°14c Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°309c., RRC2RRC, n°100/3
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: OINIAΔAN (Greek) Head of river-god Acheloüs right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Oiniadae Ancient regionAncient region.  Acarnania Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 219 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 211 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Thessaly3BMC Thessaly, Oeniadae, n°6-14, BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien4BCD Akarnanien und Aetolien, n°351.1-11, HGC 45HGC 4, n°899
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on Oeniadae (Zeus r./river god Achelous r.)"

References

  1. ^  Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
  2. ^  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  Münzen & Medaillen (Deutschland). Sammlung BCD : Akarnanien und Aetolien. Auction 23, 18 October 2007, Stuttgart, 591 lots.
  5. ^  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.