1850 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Corcyra (Paris, BnF, Coll. de Luynes 460)
From SILVER
540 BCE - 510 BCEMETA
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, de Luynes 460 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | de Luynes collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | META (Greek) Ear of cereal. Decorated border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse ear of cereal. Border of rays. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Metapontum | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (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. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.058.05 g <br />8,050 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | |
StandardStandard.: Achaian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group III, p. 24, pl. VII, i)., Babelon 1924, n° 460 (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k875298f/f112.item) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HN Italy1 , HGC 12 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Corcyra | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Corcyra | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
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Additional data
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