1756 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Corinth (Pegasus/incuse square) (Noe 1957, p. ?, d)
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META
Images
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Dr Naegeli 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: 7.887.88 g <br />7,880 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Stater / Tridrachm / Nomos | |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | S. P. Noe, "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7 (1957), p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group II, p. 22, d). | 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. 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486., 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. 1027-1029 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Swastika. |
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: | Ravel3Ravel, no. 32 ?, Lederer4Lederer, "Beiträge", no. 2. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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