1943 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Corinth (Pegasus/incuse square) (Charles Hersch coll. - Noe 1957, pl. VI, c)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1943

540 BCE - 510 BCEMETA

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	New York, American Numismatic Society
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	C. Hersch collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

META (Greek) Ear of cereal. Decorated border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Ear of grain. Border of rays (incuse).

Mint and issuing power

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

Metapontum

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. 540 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 510 BCE

Archaic until 480 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater / tridrachm / nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group II, p. 21, pl. VI, c).	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, no° 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1027-1029
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn italy.1459-81

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Swastika.

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. 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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