1822 - Thurium (nomos Athena/bull) over Leucas (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll., 26)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1822


400 BCE - 350 BCE | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1315 - Thurium over Leucas.jpg
Overstruck variety
Leukas kerykeion.jpeg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
1315 Corinth (drawing).jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : David MacDonald collection, n° 26

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. Below, Z. In exergue, fish right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thurium 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.777.77 g <br />7,770 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.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, p. 36, n° 26 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: MacDonald 20091MacDonald 2009, p. 36, n° 26, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1813 var. (fish on reverse unlisted), HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1260 or 1262
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Pegasus flying right (visible on obverse: portions of wing and line of back visible on face and neck guard). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, Λ and kerykeion (visible on reverse: back of helmet, neck guard, Λ, kerykeion).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Leucas Ancient regionAncient region.  Acarnania Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 360 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19904Calciati 1990, Leukas, p. 415-416, n° 92-95, Carter 19935Carter 1993, p. 35-41
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  2. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  3. ^  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
  4. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
  5. ^  Carter, Candace (1993), "The staters of Leucas : a numismatic and historical study", in: La monetazione corinzia in Occidente : atti del IX Convegno del Centro internazionale di studi numismatici, Napoli, 27-28 ottobre 1986, p. 35-42.