1898 - Metapontum (nomos Leucippus/ear of barley) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll. 17)
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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 Leucippus right, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, grape bunch. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | META Ear of wheat with leaf. |
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: 7,64",64" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | 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. 25-26, no. 17 | 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. 1552-1553., 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. 1053 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Koppa Pegasus flying left (visible: slight traces). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Aphrodite left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, E and race torch (visible: outline of small portion of back of helmet bowl, neck guard, traces of hair curls, E, and partial outline of left side of race torch). |
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
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater 
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati3Calciati, Pegasi, vol. 1, Corinth Period V, Series 1, no. 372. |
Additional data
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