400 BCE - 325 BCE | ΚΡΟΤΩΝΙΑΤΑΣ
Overstriking coin
SO 1397 - Croton over uncertain mint.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Corinth (head r.).jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, EA 292, 5 Dec. 2012, 109 = Rauch, EA 10, 15 July 2011, 35
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Hera Lakinia facing slightly right, wearing stephane decorated with palmette
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΚΡΟΤΩΝΙΑΤΑΣ (Greek) Young Herakles, nude, reclining left on lion skin draped over rock, holding cup and club. Against the rock, bow.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Croton
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Bruttium
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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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 BCE
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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 />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Achaian
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Pegasus (visble on reverse: rump and tail above Herakles’ outstretched arm)
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Athena.
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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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Corinthie
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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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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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
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and concentrated
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Overstruck on a Corinthian-type stater with Pegasus rump and tail visible above Herakles’ outstretched arm."
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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
- ^ Ravel, Oscar E (1936), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome I: de 650 à 415 J.-C., Basel.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
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