1928 - Heraclea Lucaniae (nomos Athena/Heracles) over uncertain type (Münzen & Medaillen, 36, May 2012, 23)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1928

420 BCE - 390 BCE | ΗΡΑΚΛHΙΩΝ (?)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1369 - Heraclea Lucaniae over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Auctiones AG, 27, 1996, 22 = Münzen & Medaillen, 36, 30 May 2012, 23

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with hippocamp.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΗΡΑΚΛHΙΩΝ (?) (Greek) Herakles standing right, naked, strangling Nemean lion. In left field, quiver, bow and club.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Heraclea Lucaniae

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. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 390 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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: 7.517.51 g <br />7,510 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1363-1374, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 977
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/heraclea lucaniae.hn italy.1363-1374

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Traces (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ 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