2090 - Locri Epizephyrii (nomos Zeus/eagle) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Roma Numismatics, EA 21, Oct. 2015, 51)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2090

400 BCE - 300 BCE | ΛΟΚΡΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1406 - Locri Epizephyrii over uncertain mint.png

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roman Numismatics, EA 21 (31/10/2015), lot 51 ; Pegasi Numismatics on Vcoins, (24/04/2018)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. In left field, thunderbolt or monogram.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΛΟΚΡΩΝ (Greek) Eagle flying left, dead hare in talons. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Locri Epizephyrii

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (Bruttium)

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.. 300 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.527.52 g <br />7,520 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm / nomos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		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° 519., HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2319-2328., HGC 13HGC 1, n) 1565
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/locri epizephyrii.hn italy.2319-2323

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena (visible on reverse: AP monogramm)

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

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

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:	The host coin was apparently a Corinthian-type stater and perhaps identifiable to issue.

References

^ SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum
^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm