340 BCE - 330 BCE | META - THP
Overstriking coin
Metapontum_London,_British_Museum,_1946-1-1.366.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Pegasus Corinth Aphrodite helmet.jpeg
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| Museum collectionMuseum collection:
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London, British Museum, 1946-1-1.366
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Naville, VI, 1924, 189
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Arthur Lloyd coll., n° 366. Previous: Marchese Ginori and Clarence S Bement
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Demeter left
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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META - THP (Greek) Barley ear, with leaf to right
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Metapontum
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Lucania
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 340 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE
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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: 7.867.86 g <br />7,860 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Pegasus flying left
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Corinth
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Peloponnesus
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 355 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE
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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:
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stater
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Aeginetic
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References
References
- ^ Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain Vol. 2 : The Lloyd Collection. Part 1-2 Etruria to Thurium, Part 3-4 Velia to Eryx, Part 5-6 Galaria to Selinus, Part 7-8 Syracuse to Lipara
- ^ 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..
