17222 - Metapontum (nomos Demeter/ear of barley) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (Ebay seller Eternity coins, April 2020)
From SILVER
340 BCE - 330 BCE | META
Images
Overstriking coin
2406 - Metapontum over uncertain type.png
Overstruck variety
Corinth Calciati 372.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Ebay seller Eternity coins, 28 April 2020 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Demeter right, with pendant earring and hair bound by a sakkos. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | META (Greek) Barley ear with leaf to left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Metapontum | 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. 340 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE | 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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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° 1535-1551, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1052 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus flying | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Corinth | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Peloponnesus | 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. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 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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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19903Calciati 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: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on corinthian-type stater" (nb: over Corinthian type, here given to Corinth) | ||
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
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
