2154 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (Oxford, AM)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2154

470 BCE - 440 BCEMETA

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

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

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: 7.577.57 g <br />7,570 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Sutherland 1952, p. 115, Noe 1957, group IV, p. 26, l

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Sutherland 19521Sutherland 1952, p. 115, Noe 19572Noe 1957, group IV, p. 26, l, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486., HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1027-1029

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square

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. 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:

stater

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Ravel 19365Ravel 1936, n° 30?, HGC 46HGC 4, n° 1823
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period i.class 2 https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period i.class 3

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"The Corinthian original, then, should belong most probably to Ravel's "deuxième période, 1re classe" ', being comparable with his dies T 94-T 130. Ravel's dates for this group were 549-510 B.C."