1854 - Poseidonia (nomos Poseidon/bull) over Metapontum (ear of barley/incuse ear of barley) (New York, ANS, 1935.101.1)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1854

445 BCE - 425 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	New York, American Numismatic Society	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Schlessinger 13, Hermitage Dupl., 101

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Poseidon right, holding trident. Border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bull right.

Mint and issuing power

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

Poseidonia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (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. 445 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 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: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VIII, p. 34, pl. XII, b)., SNG ANS	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1120, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC. - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1, Lancaster-London, 2018, no.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/poseidonia.hn italy.1120

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Metapontum

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Magna Graecia (Lucania)

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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