1704 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Gela (horseman/man-faced bull) (London, BM, 1843-1-16.62)
From SILVER
540 BCE - 510 BCEMETA
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, 1843-1-16.62 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | META (Greek) Ear of cereal. Decorated border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Ear of grain. Border of rays (incuse). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Metapontum | Ancient regionAncient region. | Lucania | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 540 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 510 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.158.15 g <br />8,150 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | BMC Italy, p. 240, n° 25, Noe 1957, group III, p. 24, c | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Italy1BMC Italy, p. 240, n° 25, Noe 19572Noe 1957, group III, p. 24, c, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 1484, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1027-1029 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Naked and helmeted rider on prancing horse r., wielding spear in raised r. hand, l. arm behind horse's mane, holding reins | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | CE – ΛΑ (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull r., all within shallow circular incuse |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Gela | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sicily | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 540 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 510 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | didrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Jenkins 19705Jenkins 1970 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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References
- ^ Poole, Reginald Stuart (1873), A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. Italy, London, 2 p. l., viii, 432 p.
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
