1908 - Locri Epizephyrii (nomos Zeus/eagle) over Corinthian type (Cambridge, FM, MacClean, n° 1799)
From SILVER
401 BCE - 300 BCEΛΟΚΡΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean coll., n° 1799 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | McClean collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΛΟΚΡΩΝ (Greek) Head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath. To right, pinecone. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Eagle left within wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Locri Epizephyrii | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (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. 401 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 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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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.657.65 g <br />7,650 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Grose 1916, p. 201-245, pl. vii, n° 10, Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, h, Grose 1979, p. 213, n° 1799 and pl. 57, n° 9. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Noe 19571Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, h, Grose 19792Grose 1979, p. 213, n° 1799 and pl. 57, n° 9, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 2312., HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1564 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus flying left | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena |
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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19905Calciati 1990 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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References
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
- ^ Grose, Sidney W. (1979), Catalogue of the McClean collection of Greek coins, 3 vol., Chicago, Obol International, pl. 380.
- ^ 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..
