1908 - Locri Epizephyrii (nomos Zeus/eagle) over Corinthian type (Cambridge, FM, MacClean, n° 1799)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1908


401 BCE - 300 BCEΛΟΚΡΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1192 - Locri Epizephyrii over Corinth.png [1]
Overstruck variety
Corinth (head l.).jpg
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean coll., n° 1799
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : McClean collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΛΟΚΡΩΝ (Greek) Head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath. To right, pinecone. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Eagle left within wreath.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Locri Epizephyrii Ancient regionAncient region. Magna Graecia (Bruttium) 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. 401 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
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.657.65 g <br />7,650 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Grose 1916, p. 201-245, pl. vii, n° 10, Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, h, Grose 1979, p. 213, n° 1799 and pl. 57, n° 9. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Noe 19571Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, h, Grose 19792Grose 1979, p. 213, n° 1799 and pl. 57, n° 9, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 2312., HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1564
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Pegasus flying left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Athena
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Corinth Ancient regionAncient region.  Peloponnesus 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 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 19905Calciati 1990
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
  2. ^  Grose, Sidney W. (1979), Catalogue of the McClean collection of Greek coins, 3 vol., Chicago, Obol International, pl. 380.
  3. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  4. ^  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
  5. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..