1908 - Locri Epizephyrii (nomos Zeus/eagle) over Corinthian type (Cambridge, FM, MacClean, n° 1799)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1908

401 BCE - 300 BCEΛΟΚΡΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1192 - Locri Epizephyrii over Corinth.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Corinth (head l.).jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean coll., n° 1799
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	McClean collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΛΟΚΡΩΝ (Greek) Head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath. To right, pinecone.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eagle left within wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Locri Epizephyrii

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (Bruttium)

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. 401 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE

Classical 480-323 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: 7.657.65 g <br />7,650 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Grose 1916, p. 201-245, pl. vii, n° 10, Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, h, Grose 1979, p. 213, n° 1799 and pl. 57, n° 9.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Noe 19571Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, h, Grose 19792Grose 1979, p. 213, n° 1799 and pl. 57, n° 9, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 2312., HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1564
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/locri epizephyrii.hn italy.2312

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena

Mint and issuing power

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

Corinth

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Peloponnesus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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

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

stater

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Calciati 19905Calciati 1990
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period iv.period 1-17

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: