1840 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Gela (horseman/man-faced bull) (Triton, I, Dec. 1997, 83)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1840

470 BCE - 440 BCEMETA

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Sangiorgi, 15 Apr. 1907, 981 = Triton, I, 2 Dec. 1997, 83 = Waddell inventory 50636 (2013) = Triton, XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, 25
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Gasvoda Collection; A. D. Moretti collection; R. Jameson collection; C. Strozzi collection

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

Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.168.16 g <br />8,160 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 20.520.5 mm <br />2.05 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Noe 1957, pl. VIII, n° h	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Noe 19271Noe 1927, Class XI, 255, Noe 19572Noe 1957, pl. VIII, n° h, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1027-1029
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn italy.1459-81

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Naked and helmeted rider on prancing horse r., wielding spear in raised r. hand, l. arm behind horse's mane, holding reins

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

CE – ΛΑ (Greek) Forepart of man-headed bull r., all within shallow circular incuse

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Gela

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

didrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Jenkins 19705Jenkins 1970, n° 38 (O13/R16), HGC 26HGC 2, n° 352-363
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gela.jenkins 1970.1-100

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a Gela didrachm, Jenkins 38 (O13/R16), with the undertype very strong"