17061 - Heraclea Lucaniae (nomos Athena/Heracles) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (NAC, 134, Nov. 2022, 164)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 17061

281 BCE - 278 BCE | HPAKΛEIΩN APIΣTO / ΔAMOΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

2402 - Heraclea Lucaniae (Aristodamos) over uncertain type.jpg

Overstruck variety

Corinth (head r.).jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, 134, 21 Nov. 2022, 164

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet decorated with Scylla throwing a stone, in left field, monogram

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

HPAKΛEIΩN APIΣTO / ΔAMOΣ (Greek) Heracles standing facing, head left, holding skyphos in extended right hand, and lion's skin and cornucopia in left, club leaning against right leg

Mint and issuing power

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

Heraclea Lucaniae

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. 281 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 278 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 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: 7.887.88 g <br />7,880 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Van Keuren 1986, n° 93	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Van Keuren 19861Van Keuren 1986, n° 93, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1386-1392.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/heraclea lucaniae.hn italy.1386-1392

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Pegasus

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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 290 BCE

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	Struck on a very broad flan