Poseidonia

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 160

The mint at the ancient site of Poseidonia in Lucania.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
S 303 - Poseidonia, silver, staters (530-490 BCE)		Silver	8,918 kg
S 304 - Poseidonia, silver, drachms (530-490 BCE)		Silver	3,698 kg
S 305 - Poseidonia, silver, obols (530-490 BCE)		Silver	172 kg
S 306 - Poseidonia, silver, hemiobols (530-490 BCE)		Silver	30 kg
S 310 - Poseidonia, silver, staters (475-420 BCE)		Silver	14,621 kg
S 310b - Poseidonia, silver, triobols (475-420 BCE)		Silver	1,090 kg
S 307 - Poseidonia, silver, obols (475-420 BCE)		Silver	320 kg
S 315 - Poseidonia, silver, diobol or triobol, 440-420 BC		Silver	42 kg
AC 8 - Poseidonia, silver, staters (430-410 BCE)		Silver	3,173 kg
S 320 - Poseidonia, silver, diobol, 350-300 BC		Silver	166 kg
S 1568 - Paestum, bronze, semisses (89-80 BCE)		Bronze

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
1909 - Poseidonia (nomos Poseidon/incuse Poseidon) over Metapontum (ear of barley/incuse ear of barley) (New York, ANS)		Silver	530 BC JL
1762 - Poseidonia (nomos Poseidon/incuse Poseidon) over uncertain type (New York, ANS)		Silver	530 BC JL
23751 - Poseidonia (nomos Poseidon/incuse Poseidon) over Metapontum (ear of barley/incuse ear of barley) (London, BM, 1946,0101.429)		Silver	530 BC JL
23755 - Poseidonia (nomos Poseidon/incuse Poseidon) over Croton (tripod/incuse tripod) (Gemini, VII, Jan. 2011, 39)		Silver	530 BC JL
23758 - Poseidonia (nomos Poseidon/incuse Poseidon) over Metapontum (ear of barley/incuse ear of barley) (Triton, III, Nov. 1999, 76)		Silver	530 BC JL
2099 - Poseidonia (nomos Poseidon/bull) over Corinthian type (New York, ANS, 1954.68.1)		Silver	470 BC JL
1854 - Poseidonia (nomos Poseidon/bull) over Metapontum (ear of barley/incuse ear of barley) (New York, ANS, 1935.101.1)		Silver	470 BC JL
23747 - Poseidonia (nomos Poseidon/bull) over uncertain type (London, BM, 1946-1-1.435)		Silver	470 BC JL

Overstruck coins

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Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	poseidonia
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Poseidonia in Lucania.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	442733
Ancient regionAncient region.	Lucania Nomisma: lucania, Nomisma: magna_graecia
Modern countryModern country	Italy
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	40° 25' 21.47" N, 15° 0' 20.05" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Paestum https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442733 http://sws.geonames.org/3171709/ http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x48269 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7054730

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Literature

• BMC Italy
• Brousseau 2003
• Brousseau 2009
• Burnett - Crawford 1998
• Carbone 2018
• HGC 1
• HN Italy
• Noe 1952
• SNG ANS 2 Lucania

Authors

• Louis Brousseau
• Andrew M. Burnett
• Federico Carbone
• Sydney P. Noe
• Keith Rutter