281 BCE - 278 BCE | HPAKΛEIΩN APIΣTO / ΔAMOΣ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Corinth (head r.).jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Numismatica Ars Classica, 134, 21 Nov. 2022, 164
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From an Exceptional Collection assembled between the early 70s and late 90s.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with Scylla throwing a stone, in left field, monogram
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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HPAKΛEIΩN APIΣTO / ΔAMOΣ (Greek) Heracles standing facing, head left, holding skyphos in extended right hand, and lion's skin and cornucopia in left, club leaning against right leg
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Heraclea Lucaniae
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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. 281 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278 BCE
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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: 7.887.88 g <br />7,880 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Pegasus
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic 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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 290 BCE
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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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References
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