SO 1064 - Rome over Rome

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2850


48 BCE - 48 BCELIBERTATIS | C PANSA C F C N.

Images
Overstriking coin
Hersh_4a.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Ref_449.png [2]
Traces of the overstruck variety
Hersh_4b_OV.jpg [3]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Hersh collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: LIBERTATIS (Latin) Head of Libertas right, wearing laurel wreath. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: C PANSA C F C N. (Latin) Roma seated right on pile of arms, wearing helmet, holding sceptre in right hand and placing left foot on globe. In right field, Victory flying left, crowning Roma. 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 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: C. Vibius Pansa Caetronianus (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 48 BC), Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 48 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 48 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: 3.343.34 g <br />3,340 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denarius Nomisma.org
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Hersh 1987, pl.7, n°4, RRC, table content, n°117a. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Vibia, n°20, Sydenham 19522Sydenham 1952, n°949., RRC3RRC, n°449/4
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: PANSA (Latin) Mask of Pan right. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: IOVIS AXVR / C.VIBIVS C F C N. (Latin) Jupiter Axurus seated left, holding patera and scepter. Boder 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. : C. Vibius Pansa Caetronianus (Roman Republican Moneyer, c. 48 BC), Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 48 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 48 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 : Babelon 1901-19321Babelon 1901-1932, Vibia, n°18-19, Sydenham 19522Sydenham 1952, n°947-48, RRC3RRC, n°449/1
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: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. a b  Babelon, Ernest (1901-1932), Traité des monnaies grecques et romaines, Paris, E. Leroux
  2. a b  Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
  3. a b  Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge