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2018 - Metapontum (AE Athena/ear of barley) over Metapontum (Savoca Coins, Blue auction 5, Feb. 2018, 21): Difference between revisions

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|Sale=Savoca Coins, 5th Blue auction, Part 1, (24/02/2018), 21
|Image overstriking coin=SO 1272 - Metapontum over Metapontum.jpg
|Sale=Savoca Coins, 5th Blue auction, Part 1, (24/02/2018), lot 21
|Obverse description=Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested helmet
|Obverse description=Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested helmet
|Reverse legend=META
|Reverse legend=META
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Barley ear with leaf to right. To right, cross-torch.
|Reverse description=Barley ear with leaf to right. To right, cross-torch.
|Mint=Metapontum
|Mint=Metapontum
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
|Date from=300 BCE
|Date to=250 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=3.58
|Weight=3.58
|Axis=13
|Diameter=13
|Coin series reference=N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 1682.;O. 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. 1111
|Coin series reference=HN Italy, 1682.; HGC 1, 1111
|Overstruck mint=Metapontum
|Overstruck mint=Metapontum
|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
}}
}}

Revision as of 08:26, 6 June 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2018


300 BCE - 250 BCE | META

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1272 - Metapontum over Metapontum.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Savoca Coins, 5th Blue auction, Part 1, (24/02/2018), lot 21

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested helmet ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: META (Greek) Barley ear with leaf to right. To right, cross-torch.
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. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 250 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.583.58 g <br />3,580 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1313 mm <br />1.3 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1682., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1111

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. : Metapontum Ancient regionAncient region.  Magna Graecia (Lucania) Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  2. ^  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