530 BCE - 500 BCEΠΟΣ | ΠΟΣ
Overstriking coin
Poseidonia_Gemini_VII,_9_January_2011),_lot_39.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Croton_(undertype).jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Gemini, VII, 9 Jan. 2011, 39 = Classical Numismatic Group, 109, 12 Sept. 2018, 23
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΠΟΣ (Greek) Poseidon right, wearing chlamys, brandishing trident. Ornemented border.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΠΟΣ (Greek) Incuse Poseidon left, wearing chlamys, brandishing trident. Ornemented border.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Poseidonia
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Lucania
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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. 530 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 BCE
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Archaic until 480 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: 6.436.43 g <br />6,430 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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(koppa)PO to left (Greek) Tripod, legs surmounted by wreaths and terminating in lion's feet, two serpents rising from the bowl, set on basis of three lines, the center dotted
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Incuse tripod as obverse, but wreaths and serpents in relief
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Croton
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Bruttium
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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. 530 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 BCE
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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:
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nomos
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References
References
- a b Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- a b 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
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