17186 - Metapontum (nomos Demeter/ear of barley) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers Galleries, Jan. 2021, 20004)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 17186

400 BCE - 340 BCE | META - THP

Images

Overstriking coin

2405 - Metapontum (nomos) over uncertain type.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), 15 January 2021, lot 20004

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Demeter left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

META - THP (Greek) 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.

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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 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: 7.947.94 g <br />7,940 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater / tridrachm / nomos

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Noe 19571Noe 1957, n° 527, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1535-1551
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn italy.1535-1551

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:

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:

References

^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.