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|Image overstriking coin=SO 1251 - Metapontum over Syracuse.jpg | |Image overstriking coin=SO 1251 - Metapontum over Syracuse.jpg | ||
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group MBS 72 | |Image overstruck variety=AC 88a - Syracuse, silver, didrachms (490-485 BCE).jpg | ||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1572822&AucID=3291&Lot=96 | |||
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 72, 14 June 2006, 104 | |||
|Obverse legend=META | |Obverse legend=META | ||
|Obverse legend language=Greek | |Obverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Obverse description=Ear of | |Obverse description=Ear of barley with seven grains. In field, grasshopper. Decorated border. | ||
|Reverse description=Incuse ear of | |Reverse description=Incuse ear of barley with [six] grains. Border of rays (incuse). | ||
|Mint=Metapontum | |Mint=Metapontum | ||
|Ancient region=Lucania | |Ancient region=Lucania | ||
|Date from= | |Date from=470 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=440 BCE | ||
|Period= | |Period=Classical | ||
|Metal=Silver | |Metal=Silver | ||
|Weight=8.23 | |Weight=8.23 | ||
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|Denomination=nomos | |Denomination=nomos | ||
|Standard=Achaian | |Standard=Achaian | ||
|Coin series reference=HN Italy, n° | |Coin series reference=HN Italy, n° 1486; HGC 1, n° 1027-1029 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1459-81 | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1459-81 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Nude rider on horseback right, leading a second horse on far side | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΣYPAKOΣION | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Head of Arethusa right within thin linear circle, wearing hair-tie, earring and necklace, hair falling simply behind; ΣVRAQOΣION and four dolphins around | |||
|Overstruck mint=Syracuse | |Overstruck mint=Syracuse | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily | |Overstruck ancient region=Sicily | ||
|Overstruck date from= | |Overstruck date from=490 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to= | |Overstruck date to=475 BCE | ||
|Overstruck period= | |Overstruck period=Classical | ||
|Overstruck denomination=didrachm | |Overstruck denomination=didrachm | ||
|Overstruck standard=Attic | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=Boehringer 1929, p. 121-122, n° 50-53; HGC 2, 1351 | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/syracuse.boerhinger_1929.50-51_53 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
|Remarks="Overstruck on a didrachm of Syracuse" | |||
}} | }} | ||
Revision as of 18:43, 22 August 2023
470 BCE - 440 BCEMETA
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1251 - Metapontum over Syracuse.jpg
Overstruck variety
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AC 88a - Syracuse, silver, didrachms (490-485 BCE).jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 72, 14 June 2006, 104 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | META (Greek) Ear of barley with seven grains. In field, grasshopper. Decorated border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse ear of barley with [six] grains. Border of rays (incuse). |
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. 470 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.238.23 g <br />8,230 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° 1486, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1027-1029 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Nude rider on horseback right, leading a second horse on far side | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣYPAKOΣION (Greek) Head of Arethusa right within thin linear circle, wearing hair-tie, earring and necklace, hair falling simply behind, ΣVRAQOΣION and four dolphins around |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sicily | 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. 490 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 475 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | didrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Boehringer 19293Boehringer 1929, p. 121-122, n° 50-53, HGC 24HGC 2, 1351 | ||
| 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: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on a didrachm of Syracuse" | ||
References
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ 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
- ^ Boehringer, Erich (1929), Die Münzen von Syrakus, Berlin-Leipzig, vi, [2], 297 p. : ill. and portfolio of 32 pl. ; 28 cm
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
