17222 - Metapontum (nomos Demeter/ear of barley) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (Ebay seller Eternity coins, April 2020)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 17222

400 BCE - 340 BCE | META

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Ebay seller Eternity coins, 28 April 2020

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Demeter right, with pendant earring and hair bound by a sakkos.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

META (Greek) Barley ear with leaf to left.

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.

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

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1535-1551, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1052
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn italy.1535-1551

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:

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

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	Overstruck on corinthian-type stater