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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1898

345 BCE | META

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1262 - Metapontum over Corinth.jpg

Traces of the overstruck variety

1262 Corinth (drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Leucippus right, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, grape bunch.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

META (Greek) Ear of wheat with leaf.

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

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.647.64 g <br />7,640 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater / tridrachm / nomos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 2009, p. 25-26, n° 17

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1552-1553., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1053

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Koppa (Greek) Pegasus flying left (visible: slight traces).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Aphrodite left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, E and race torch (visible: outline of small portion of back of helmet bowl, neck guard, traces of hair curls, E, and partial outline of left side of race torch).

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

stater

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Calciati 19903Calciati 1990, Corinth Period V, Series 1, n° 372.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

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
^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..

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-|Private collection=D. MacDonald collection
+|Image overstriking coin=SO 1262 - Metapontum over Corinth.jpg
+|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=1262 Corinth (drawing).jpg
+|Private collection=David MacDonald collection
 |Obverse description=Head of Leucippus right, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, grape bunch.
 |Reverse legend=META
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Ear of wheat with leaf.
 |Mint=Metapontum
 |Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
+|Date from=345 BCE
+|Period=Classical
 |Weight=7.64
-|Axis=11 h
+|Axis=11
-|Denomination=Stater / Tridrachm / Nomos
+|Denomination=stater / tridrachm / nomos
 |Standard=Achaian
-|Coin reference=D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 25-26, no. 17
+|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 25-26, n° 17
-|Coin series reference=N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 1552-1553.;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. 1053
+|Coin series reference=HN Italy, n° 1552-1553.; HGC 1, n° 1053
 |Overstruck obverse legend=Koppa
+|Overstruck obverse legend language=Greek
 |Overstruck obverse description=Pegasus flying left (visible: slight traces).
 |Overstruck reverse description=Head of Aphrodite left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, E and race torch (visible: outline of small portion of back of helmet bowl, neck guard, traces of hair curls, E, and partial outline of left side of race torch).
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 |Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus
 |Overstruck denomination=stater
-|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati, Pegasi, vol. 1, Corinth Period V, Series 1, no. 372.
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1990, Corinth Period V, Series 1, n° 372.
 }}