2121 - Locri Epizephyrii (nomos Zeus/eagle) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers & Ponterio, 172, Nov. 2012, 11535)
From SILVER
400 BCE - 300 BCEΛΟΚΡΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1403 - Locri Epizephyrii over uncertain mint.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Stack's Bowers & Ponterio, 172, 16 Nov. 2012, 11535 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΛΟΚΡΩΝ (Greek) Head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Eagle flying left, dead hare in talons. Lower lef, thunderbolt. In right field, monogram (AP). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Locri Epizephyrii | 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 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: 7.557.55 g <br />7,550 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG ANS " Bruttium-sicily1SNG ANS " Bruttium-sicily, n° 525 (same dies), HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2319-2328, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1565 | |
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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: | "overstruck on another coin" | ||
References
- ^ SNG ANS " Bruttium-sicily
- ^ 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
