1916 - Metapontum (nomos Demeter/ear of barley) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll. 16)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1916

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Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

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 Barley ear with leaf to right.

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: 7.697.69 g <br />7,690 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.: 11 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 24, no. 16

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)1N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 1536-1542, 1544-1551., O. D. Hoover2O. 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. 1052

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Corinthian type

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:

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:

Additional data

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