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{{Overstrike
|Image overstriking coin=SO 1260 - Metapontum over Dyrrhachium.jpeg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1903-0201-5
|Image overstruck variety=Corinth_Calciati_342.jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=553571&AucID=991&Lot=167
|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1903,0201.5
|Museum collection=London, British Museum, 1903,0201.5
|Private collection=Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth
|Obverse description=Head of Leucippus right, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, cross-torch.
|Obverse description=Head of Leucippus right, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, cross-torch.
|Reverse legend=META
|Reverse legend=META
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Ear of wheat with leaf. In right field, I-H (?)
|Reverse description=Ear of barley with leaf. In right field, H-T
|Mint=Metapontum
|Mint=Metapontum
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
|Ancient region=Lucania
|Date from=340 BCE
|Date from=339 BCE
|Date to=330 BCE
|Date to=330 BCE
|Period=Classical
|Period=Classical
|Metal=Silver
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=7.6
|Weight=7.57
|Axis=12
|Axis=12
|Denomination=stater / tridrachm / nomos
|Denomination=nomos
|Standard=Achaian
|Standard=Achaian
|Coin reference=HN Italy, n° 1555 (https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1555)
|Coin series reference=HN Italy, n° 1555 ; HGC 1, n° 1055
|Coin series reference=HGC 1, n° 1055
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1555
|Overstruck mint=Dyrrhachium
|Overstruck obverse legend=Koppa below
|Overstruck ancient region=Illyricum
|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck obverse description=Pegasus with curled wing standing left
|Overstruck reverse description=Helmeted head of Athena left, dolphin in front, sigma behind
|Overstruck mint=Corinth
|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus
|Overstruck date from=405 BCE
|Overstruck date to=345 BCE
|Overstruck period=Classical
|Overstruck denomination=stater
|Overstruck standard=Aeginetic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1990, n° 342
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period_iv.period_1-17
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=strong
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 06:11, 15 December 2023

Overstrike Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 1882


339 BCE - 330 BCE | META

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1260 - Metapontum over Dyrrhachium.jpeg [1]
Overstruck variety
Corinth_Calciati_342.jpg [2]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: London, British Museum, 1903,0201.5
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Leucippus right, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, cross-torch. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: META (Greek) Ear of barley with leaf. In right field, H-T
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. 339 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org 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 AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1555, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1055
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Koppa below (Greek) Pegasus with curled wing standing left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Helmeted head of Athena left, dolphin in front, sigma behind
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. 405 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 345 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: stater Nomisma.org StandardStandard. ᵖ: Aeginetic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: Calciati 19903Calciati 1990, n° 342
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  2. ^  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
  3. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..

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