2154 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (Oxford, AM)
From SILVER
470 BCE - 440 BCEMETA
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1248 - Metapontum over Corinth?.png
Overstruck variety
Corinth 1210+.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Oxford, Ashmolean Museum | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | META (Greek) Ear of barley with five grains. Decorated border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse ear of barley with [six] grains. Border of rays (incuse). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Metapontum | Ancient regionAncient region. | 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. 470 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 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: 7.577.57 g <br />7,570 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Sutherland 1952, p. 115, Noe 1957, group IV, p. 26, l | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sutherland 19521Sutherland 1952, p. 115, Noe 19572Noe 1957, group IV, p. 26, l, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486., HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1027-1029 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus flying right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square |
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. 490 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 475 BCE | Archaic until 480 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: | stater
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Ravel 19365Ravel 1936, n° 30?, HGC 46HGC 4, n° 1823 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "The Corinthian original, then, should belong most probably to Ravel's "deuxième période, 1re classe" ', being comparable with his dies T 94-T 130. Ravel's dates for this group were 549-510 B.C." | ||
