17885 - Croton (nomos Hera/Heracles) over uncertain type (CNG, MBS 79, Sept. 2008, 37)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 17885

400 BCE325 - 325 BCE | KPO – TΩNI – ATAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Croton 2457 CNG EA 79.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 79, 17 Sept. 2008, 37. From the Paul H. Gerrie Collection = Münzen und Medaillen Deutschland, 11, 7 Nov. 2002, 448 = Sotheby’s, 21 Jan. 1981, 12
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the Paul H. Gerrie Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Hera Lakinia facing, three-quarter r., wearing stephane

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KPO – TΩNI – ATAΣ (Greek) Heracles seated l. on lion skin, holding club and cup, below, bow

Mint and issuing power

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

Croton

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bruttium

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. 400 BCE325 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 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: 7.917.91 g <br />7,910 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 2159-2169, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1463
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/croton.hn italy.2159-2169

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the 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:	rare and concentrated	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