SO 1064 - Rome over Rome

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 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) ^ᵖ:	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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	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

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:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-449.4

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. ^ᵖ:

Rome

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Latium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

denarius

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	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:	https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-449.1

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

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