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

540 BCE - 510 BCEMETA

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1225 - Metapontum over Gela.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Triton XXII (08/01/2019), lot 25 ; Waddell inventory 50636 (2013) ; Triton 1 (02/12/1997), lot 83 ; Sangiorgi, (15/04/1907), lot 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 (Greek) 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. 540 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 510 BCE

Archaic until 480 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	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.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 20.520.5 mm <br />2.05 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Collection R. Jameson, n° 261 (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b532001970/f84.item), Noe 1927, Class XI, 255 (same dies, this coin referenced), Gorini, n° 28	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, n° 256 (same dies)., HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486., HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1027-1029
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn italy.1459-81

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

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. 540 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 510 BCE

Archaic until 480 BC 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 19704Jenkins 1970, n° 38 (O13/R16)

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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