SO 973 - Rome over uncertain mint
From SILVER
215 BCE - 212 BCE | ROMA
Location/history
| Museum collection: | Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. In left field, 3 pellets (mark of value). Border of dots. | Reverse: | ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. Below, 3 pellets. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Rome | Ancient region | Latium | Modern country: Italy | Authority: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
| From 215 BCE to 212 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Bronze
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Weight in grams: 16.4516.45 g <br />16,450 mg <br /> | Denomination: quadrans
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References
| Coin reference: | Bahrfeldt 1904, n°33, Hersh 1953, n°D.9.a.. | Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sydenham 1952, n°106, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RRC, n°41/8b. |
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Overstruck type
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Zeus right. | Reverse: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint ᵖ: | Sicily (uncertain mint) | Ancient region ᵖ | Sicily | Modern country: Italy | Authority ᵖ: | Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaic king, 283-246 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC) |
Chronology
| From 264 BCE to 263 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC period
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Physical description
References
| Coin type reference ᵖ: | "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Svoronos 1904-1908, n°610, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Weiser 1995, n°18 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidence: | sure |
| Remarks: | "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
