1898 - Metapontum (nomos Leucippus/ear of barley) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll. 17)
From SILVER
339 BCE - 330 BCE | META
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1262 - Metapontum over Corinth.jpg
Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
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1262 Corinth (drawing).jpg
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | David MacDonald collection, n° 17 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Leucippus right, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, grape bunch. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | META (Greek) Ear of wheat with leaf. |
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. 339 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE | Classical 480-323 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: 7.647.64 g <br />7,640 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.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br /> |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 25-26, n° 17 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | MacDonald 20091MacDonald 2009, p. 25-26, n° 17, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1552-1553, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1053 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Koppa (Greek) Pegasus flying left (visible: slight traces). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, E and race torch (visible: outline of small portion of back of helmet bowl, neck guard, traces of hair curls, E, and partial outline of left side of race torch). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Corinth | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Peloponnesus | 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE | Classical 480-323 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: | stater
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19904Calciati 1990, Corinth Period V, Series 1, n° 372 | ||
| 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 |
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References
- ^ MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ 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
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
