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|Image overstriking coin=SO 1210 - Metapontum over Corinth.jpg
|Image overstruck variety=SO 1210 - Metapontum over Corinth overstruck variety.jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2007360&AucID=4767&Lot=109
|Museum collection=Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
|Museum collection=Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
|Obverse legend=META
|Obverse legend=META
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|Mint=Metapontum
|Mint=Metapontum
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
|Date from=549 BCE
|Date to=510 BCE
|Period=Archaic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=7.57
|Weight=7.57
|Denomination=Stater / Tridrachm / Nomos
|Denomination=Didrachm; Stater; Nomos
|Standard=Achaian
|Standard=Achaian
|Coin reference=C. H. V. Sutherland, The Numismatic Chronicle 6th series, 12/42 (1952), p. 115-116.
|Coin reference=Sutherland 1952, p. 115-116.
|Coin series reference=N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486.;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. 1027-1029
|Coin series reference=Rutter 2001, no. 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486; Hoover 2018, no. 1027-1029
|Overstruck obverse description=Pegasus right (visible on reverse of the coin).
|Overstruck obverse description=Pegasus right (visible on reverse of the coin).
|Overstruck reverse description=head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square (visible on obverse of the coin: outlines of the incuse square, top and face-piece of the helmet, the base of the hair-queue, the neck-truncation and chin).
|Overstruck reverse description=head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square (visible on obverse of the coin: outlines of the incuse square, top and face-piece of the helmet, the base of the hair-queue, the neck-truncation and chin).
|Overstruck mint=Corinth
|Overstruck mint=Corinth
|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus
|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus
|Overstruck denomination=stater
|Overstruck date from=550 BCE
|Coin series reference overstruck=Ravel, 2nd period, 1st class (T 94-T 130)
|Overstruck date to=500 BCE
|Overstruck period=ancient period
|Overstruck denomination=Didrachm; Stater; Nomos
|Overstruck standard=Aeginetic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Ravel 1936, 2nd period, 1st class (T 94-T 130)
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
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Revision as of 09:40, 17 October 2022

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1755


549 BCE - 510 BCEMETA

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1210 - Metapontum over Corinth.jpg
Overstruck variety
SO 1210 - Metapontum over Corinth overstruck variety.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: META Ear of grain. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Ear of grain (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. 549 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 510 BCE Archaic until 480 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.577.57 g <br />7,570 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Didrachm, Stater, Nomos
StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Sutherland 1952, p. 115-116. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Rutter 20011Rutter 2001, no. 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486, Hoover 20182Hoover 2018, no. 1027-1029

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Pegasus right (visible on reverse of the coin). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square (visible on obverse of the coin: outlines of the incuse square, top and face-piece of the helmet, the base of the hair-queue, the neck-truncation and chin).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Corinth Ancient regionAncient region.  Peloponnesus Modern countryModern country: Greece 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. 550 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 BCE ancient period periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : Didrachm, Stater, Nomos StandardStandard. : Aeginetic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Ravel 19363Ravel 1936, 2nd period, 1st class (T 94-T 130)
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ Rutter 2001 
  2. ^ Hoover 2018 
  3. ^  Ravel, Oscar E (1936), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome I: de 650 à 415 J.-C., Basel.