398 BCE - 300 BCE | ΛΟΚΡΩΝ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Eagle flying left, hare in talons.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΛΟΚΡΩΝ (Greek) Winged thunderbolt and caduceus.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Locri Epizephyrii
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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. 398 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 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: 7.487.48 g <br />7,480 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.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Achaian
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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MacDonald 2002, p. 64, MacDonald 2009, p. 41, n° 29
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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MacDonald 20021MacDonald 2002, p. 64, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 41, n° 29, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 2313-2317, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1566
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Pegasus flying left. Below, mint-mark (visible on reverse: part of wing, rear legs of Pegasus. Irrelevant flan lamination).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Aphrodite left, weraing Corinthian helmet. Behind, probably symbol (visible on obverse: outline of helmet, tail of helmet, and locks of hair, slightly double-struck).
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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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Peloponnesus
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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. 410 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE
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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:
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stater
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References
References
- ^ MacDonald, David (2002), "Sicilian and Southern Italian overstrikes over Pegasoi," Nomismatika Chronika 21, p. 55-64.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ 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..
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