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| |Overstruck reverse description=Head of Athena. | | |Overstruck reverse description=Head of Athena. |
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Revision as of 13:52, 15 June 2023
400 BCE - 325 BCE | ΚΡΟΤΩΝΙΑΤΑΣ
Overstriking coin
SO 1397 - Croton over uncertain mint.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group EA 292 (05/12/2012), lot 109
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Hera Lakinia facing slightly right, wearing stephane decorated with palmette
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΚΡΟΤΩΝΙΑΤΑΣ (Greek) Young Herakles, nude, reclining left on lion skin draped over rock, holding cup and club. Against the rock, bow.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Croton
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Magna Graecia (Bruttium)
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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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.. 325 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.657.65 g <br />7,650 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater (Rutter), tridrachm/nomos (Hoover)
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Achaian (Hoover)
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Pegasus (visble on reverse: rump and tail above Herakles’ outstretched arm)
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Athena.
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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..
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periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
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