SO 1029 - Uncertain mint in Magna Graecia (Sicily) over Rhegium

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1788


211 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
Hersh_3a.png [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref apollo tripod.jpg [2]
Traces of the overstruck variety
Hersh_3a_OV.png [3]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : D'Ailly collection, 1439

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing boar skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA (Latin) Bull charging right. Above, grain ear and 3 pellets (mark of value). Below, serpent.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Sicily (uncertain Roman mint) Ancient regionAncient region. Sicily 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. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 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: 10.9110.91 g <br />10,910 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: quadrans Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Hersh 1953, n°3a Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, p.10, RRC2RRC, n°69/5, RBW3RBW, n°292
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: PHΓINΩN (Greek) Tripod.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Rhegium Ancient regionAncient region.  Bruttium Modern countryModern country: Italy 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. 260 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 : BMC Italy4BMC Italy, Rhegium, n°73f, SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily5SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n°716, HN Italy6HN Italy, n°2542-3, HGC 17HGC 1, 1677
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 Rhegium (Apollo l./tripod) ; as B.M.C. Italy , Rhegium 73 f"

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. ^  Russo, Roberto (2013), The RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins, Numismatica Ars Classica AG, p.407
  4. ^  Poole, Reginald Stuart (1873), A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Italy, London, 2 p. l., viii, 432 p.
  5. ^  Troxell, Hyla A. (1975), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 3. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3 (Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx), New-York, pl. 38.
  6. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  7. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm