SO 1060 - Rome over uncertain mint

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2529


105 BCE - 105 BCE | L COT

Images
Overstriking coin
NAC_1160.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref_RRC_302_1.png [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Numismatica Ars Classica, 61, 5 Oct. 2011, 1160.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : M. Weder collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bust of Vulcan right, wearing cap bound with laurel wreath, draped, tongs over shoulder. Below chin, E (mark of value). All within wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: L COT (Latin) Eagle on thunderbolt right. All within wreath.
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: L. Aurelius Cotta (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 105 BC), Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 105 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 105 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.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.982.98 g <br />2,980 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denarius Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°577, RRC2RRC, n°314/1b.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ROMA (Latin) Helmeted head of Roma, right. Border of dots. Before, X ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: L FLAMINI CILO (Latin) Victory in biga, right, holding reins in left hand and wreath in right hand. Border of dots.
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : L. Flaminius Chilo (Roman Republican moneyer, c. 109-108 BC), Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 109 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 108 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : denarius Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : RRC2RRC, n°302/1
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: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a denarius of L. Flaminius Chilo (Cr. 302/1) [...] On this specimen the name L. Flaminius Chilo (Crawford 302/1) is clearly visible at three o’clock on the obverse. This overstrike is not listed by Crawford in his table XVIII (pp. 116-117). It is interesting that the Chilo coin was overstruck only 4 years after initially being struck. Perhaps overstriking was more common under the Republic than previously thought, but the undertype was normally obliterated."

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