SO 1045 - Uncertain mint in Sardinia over Sardo-Punic Mint at an uncertain location

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1714


210 BCE - 210 BCE | ROMA

Images
Overstriking coin
Hersh_17j.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref tanit bull2.png [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: London, British Museum, R.6978

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Mercury right, wearing winged petasos. Above, 2 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. In right field, mongram' MA'. Below, 2 pellets (mark of value).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Sardinia (uncertain Roman mint) Ancient regionAncient region. Sardinia 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: P. Manlius Vulso (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 210 BCE), Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 210 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: 2.922.92 g <br />2,920 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: sextans Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Hersh 1953, n°17j, BMCRR, p.172, 124 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°160c var, RRC2RRC, n°64/6b
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Tanit left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Bull walking right. Above, star.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Sardinia (uncertain Punic mint) Ancient regionAncient region.  Sardinia Modern countryModern country: Italy 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. 216 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 201 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Müller 1860-18743Müller 1860-1874, vol.2, p.146, n°8, RRC2RRC, Table XVIII, n°49(i), Jenkins - Lewis 19634Jenkins - Lewis 1963, n°387-8
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 Sardo-Punic (Tanit l./bull r. ; above, large star)"

References

  1. ^  Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
  2. a b  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
  3. ^  Müller, Ludvig (1860-1874), Numismatique de l'ancienne Afrique, 3 vol., Copenhagen, Impr. de B. Luno
  4. ^  Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth - Lewis, Richard Boyes (1963), Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, RNS 2, London, 140 p., 38 pl.