399 BCE - 300 BCE | ΛΟΚΡΩΝ
Overstriking coin
SO 1406 - Locri Epizephyrii over uncertain mint.png
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Overstruck variety
Corinth (head l.).jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Roma Numismatics, EA 21, 31 Oct. 2015) 51 = Pegasi Numismatics on Vcoins, 24 Apr. 2018
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. In left field, thunderbolt or monogram.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΛΟΚΡΩΝ (Greek) Eagle flying left, dead hare in talons. Border of dots.
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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. 399 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: 7.527.52 g <br />7,520 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.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Achaian
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Pegasus.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Athena (visible on reverse: AP monogramm)
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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
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and concentrated
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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Not much of host coin visible, but note AN monogram on eagle's rear end. The host coin was apparently a Corinthian-type stater and perhaps identifiable to issue
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References
- ^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1975), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 3. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3 (Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx), New-York, pl. 38.
- ^ 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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