SO 984 - Uncertain mint over Canusium
From SILVER
225 BCE - 208 BCE | ROMA
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Fritz Rudolf Künker, 304, 19 March 2018, 922. | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Eberhard Link collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Janus head. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Prow of galley right. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rome (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Modern countryModern country: | 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. 225 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 11.0311.03 g <br />11,030 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: as | |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Bahrfeldt 19041 , RRC2 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | CA (Latin) Laureate head of Saturn, right. Behind, S | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | CA ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. Above, S |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Canusium | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Apulia | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Roman Republic |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 209 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 208 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: | semis |
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Sydenham 19523 , RBW4 | ||
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: | "Uncertain as overstruck on a semis with Cf). (no. 100/2). Bahrfeldt 20; Hersh 71." (Crawford 1974) |
References
- ^ Bahrfeldt, Max von (1907), "Die Römisch-Sicilischen Münzen aus der zeit der Republik", Revue suisse de numismatique, vol. 24, p. 218-234.
- ^ Crawford, Michael H. (1974), Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge
- ^ Sydenham, Edward Allen (1952), The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, Spink & Son Ltd., lxix, 343 p., 30 pl.
- ^ Russo, Roberto (2013), The RBW Collection of Roman Republican Coins, Numismatica Ars Classica AG, p.407