1820 - Metapontum (AE Athena/ear of barley) over uncertain type (Savoca Coins, Blue Auction 6, Apr. 2018, 18)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1820


275 BCE - 250 BCE | META

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1273 - Metapontum over uncertain mint.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Savoca Coins, 6th Blue Auction, Part 1 (07/04/2018), lot 18

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested helmet ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: META (Greek) Barley ear with leaf to right. To right, cross-torch.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Metapontum Ancient regionAncient region. Magna Graecia (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. 275 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.193.19 g <br />3,190 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1414 mm <br />1.4 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1682., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1111
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  2. ^  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