1993 - Locri Epizephyrii (Nomos Zeus/eagle) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (Auctiones, 29, June 2003, 497)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1993

400 BCE - 300 BCE | ΛΟΚΡΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1408 - Locri Epizephyrii over uncertain mint.jpg

Overstruck variety

Corinth 350 BCE left.jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Gorny & Mosch 200 (10/10/2011), lot 264 ; Roman Numismatics, EA (29/08/2015) ; Auctiones AG Auction 29 (02/06/2003), lot 497
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	F. James Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. In left field, thunderbolt. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΟΚΡΩΝ (Greek) Eagle flying left, dead hare in talons. Border of dots.

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. 400 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: 7.667.66 g <br />7,660 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm / nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, n° 519., HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2319-2328., HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1565
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/locri epizephyrii.hn italy.2319-2323

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus (visible on obverse: traces of pegasos' body)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena (visible on reverse: tail and some of back of helmet, A behind, and neck termination)

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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