1898 - Metapontum (nomos Leucippus/ear of barley) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll. 17)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1898

339 BCE - 330 BCE | META

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1262 - Metapontum over Corinth.jpg

Overstruck variety

Corinth_Calciati_372.jpg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

1262 Corinth (drawing).jpg

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 17

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Leucippus right, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, grape bunch.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

META (Greek) Ear of wheat with leaf.

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 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: 7.647.64 g <br />7,640 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.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 25-26, n° 17	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	MacDonald 20091MacDonald 2009, p. 25-26, n° 17, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1552-1553, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1053
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn italy.1552-1553

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Koppa (Greek) Pegasus flying left (visible: slight traces).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, E and race torch (visible: outline of small portion of back of helmet bowl, neck guard, traces of hair curls, E, and partial outline of left side of race torch).

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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 BCE

Classical 480-323 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:	Calciati 19904Calciati 1990, Corinth Period V, Series 1, n° 372
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:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: