2076 - Populonia (AR male head/no type) over Opous (Locri Opuntii) (Demeter/Ajax) (Milan - Vismara 1991, 1)
From SILVER
300 BCE - 250 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Populonia_Milan_1.jpg
Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
Lokris_opuntii.jpg [1]
Populonia_Milan_1_drawing.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Milano, Civico Gabinetto Numismatico e Medagliere, SNG Milan, n° 71 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate male head (Aplu?) left. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | No type |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Populonia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Etruria | 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. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 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: 11.2711.27 g <br />11,270 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: 10 asses | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Vismara 1991, p. 87-88, pl. XXIV | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Vismara 19911Vismara 1991, p. 87-88, pl. XXIV, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 168, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 120 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Wreathed head of Demeter to left, wearing pearl necklace and triple-pendant earring | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΟΠΟΝ-ΤΙΩΝ around (Greek) Ajax, nude but for crested Corinthian helmet, advancing to right on rocky ground, holding sword and shield decorated with coiled serpent |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Opous | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Locri Opuntii (Opus) | 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. 370 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 360 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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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Morineau Humphris - Delbridge 20144Morineau Humphris - Delbridge 2014, Group 3, HGC 45HGC 4, n° 989 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Una cosi stringente identita conferma che la moneta qui studiata e stata ribattuta su una moneta di Locris Opunzoi e si potrebbe supporre appartenere, con tutta probabilita, allo stesso conio di D. di quella della coUezione Delepierre, anche se 10 stato di leggibilita della moneta delle Civiche Raccolte Numisrnatiche non consente di appurare con sicurezza I'identita di conio" | ||
References
- ^ Vismara, Novella (1991), "Brevi note su due monete etrusche riconiate conservate presso le Civiche raccolte numismatiche di Milano", Glaux 7 (Ermanno A. Arslan studia dicata, 1), p. 87-95.
- ^ 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
- ^ Morineau Humphris, Jacqueline - Delbridge, Diana (2014), The Coinage of the Opuntian Lokrians, RNS Spec. Publ. 50, London, RNS, 264 p., 61 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
