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|Mint=Metapontum | |Mint=Metapontum | ||
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania) | |Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania) | ||
|Date from=400 BCE | |||
|Date to=340 BCE | |||
|Period=Classical | |||
|Metal=Silver | |||
|Weight=7.9 | |Weight=7.9 | ||
|Diameter=21.50 | |Diameter=21.50 | ||
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|Standard=Achaian | |Standard=Achaian | ||
|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, n° 1213; HN Italy, n° 1552-1553.; HGC 1, n° 1053 | |Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, n° 1213; HN Italy, n° 1552-1553.; HGC 1, n° 1053 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1552-1553 | |||
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400 BCE - 340 BCE | META
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1263 - Metapontum over uncertain mint.png
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Asta del Titano EA (05/06/2016), M5, lot 33 ; Asta del Titano 39, lot 15. | |
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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 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: 7.97.9 g <br />7,900 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater / tridrachm / nomos | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 21.5021.5 mm <br />2.15 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Achaian | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, n° 1213, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1552-1553., HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1053 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
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. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals
- ^ 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
