SO 973 - Rome over uncertain mint
From SILVER
215 BCE - 212 BCE | ROMA
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Below, 3 pellets. |
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: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 215 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.4516.45 g <br />16,450 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: quadrans
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Bahrfeldt 1904, n°33, Hersh 1953, n°D.9.a.. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sydenham 19521Sydenham 1952, n°106, RRC2RRC, n°41/8b. |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Sicily (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sicily | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaic king, 283-246 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 264 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 263 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Svoronos 1904-19083Svoronos 1904-1908, n°610, Weiser 19954Weiser 1995, n°18 | ||
| 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: | "Triental quadrans (Hercules r./prow r. - no m.m.) overstruck on Ptolemaic issue (Zeus r./eagle) ; as Svoronos 610, a coin of the period of Ptolemy II (285-246 B.C.)" | ||
References
- ^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
- ^ Weiser, Wolfram (1995), Katalog Ptolemäischer bronzemünzen der sammlung des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln, Westdeutscher Verlag, p.127
