1840 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Gela (horseman/man-faced bull) (Triton, I, Dec. 1997, 83)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1840

META

Images

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Triton XXII (08/01/2019), no. 25; Waddell inventory 50636 (2013); Triton 1 (02/12/1997), no. 83; Sangiorgi, (15/04/1907), no. 981.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	Gasvoda Collection; A. D. Moretti collection; R. Jameson collection; C. Strozzi collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

META Ear of cereal. Decorated border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Ear of grain. Border of rays (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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

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: 8.168.16 g <br />8,160 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.: 6 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 20.520.5 mm <br />2.05 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Noe Class XI, 255 (same dies, this coin referenced), Gorini 28, R. Jameson, Collection R. Jameson (4 tomes), Paris, 1913-1932, 261

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, no. 256 (same dies)., N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)2N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486., O. D. Hoover3O. 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

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:

Gela

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Magna Graecia (Sicily)

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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:

didrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Jenkins 38 (O13/R16)4Jenkins 38 (O13/R16)

Additional data

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