3580 - Corinth (stater Pegasus/Athena) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (New York, ANS, 1968.57.45)
From SILVER
386 BCE - 307 BCEϘ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 5 - Corinth over uncertain mint.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | New York, American Numismatic Society, 1968.57.45 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Ϙ (Greek) Pegasus flying left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena left, wearing a necklace and Corinthian helmet. In field, Δ and monogram. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Corinth | Ancient regionAncient region. | Peloponnesus | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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. 386 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 307 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: 8.58.5 g <br />8,500 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Ravel 19481Ravel 1948, n° 1003, Calciati 19902Calciati 1990, n° 390, HGC 43HGC 4, n° 1848 | |
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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: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
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References
- ^ Ravel, Oscar E. (1948), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome II: (de 414 à 300 J. C.), London, 310 p., 54 pls.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
