1934 - Metapontum (nomos Leucippus/ear of barley) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (LHS Numismatik, 100, Apr. 2007, 113)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1934

339 BCE - 330 BCE | META

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1258 - Metapontum over Corinth?.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Corinth Calciati 372.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	LHS Numismatik, 100, 23 Apr. 2007, 113 = Hess-Divo, 325, 23 Oct. 2013, 154

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 (Greek) Ear of wheat with leaf.

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. 339 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 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: 7.937.93 g <br />7,930 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1552-1553., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1053
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn italy.1552-1553

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, E and 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. 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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

stater

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19903Calciati 1990, Corinth Period V, Series 1, n° 372.
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period iv.period 1-17

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Traces of overstriking, especially on the reverse where an from the original legend appears on the barley ear"

References

^ 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
^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..

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-|Sale=Hess-Divo 325 (23/10/2013), lot 154 ; LHS Numismatik 100 (23/04/2007), lot 113.
+|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=172021&AucID=216&Lot=113
+|Image overstruck variety=Corinth Calciati 372.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2260644&AucID=5470&Lot=3654
+|Sale=LHS Numismatik, 100, 23 Apr. 2007, 113 = Hess-Divo, 325, 23 Oct. 2013, 154
 |Obverse description=Head of Leucippus right, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, grape bunch.
 |Reverse legend=META
@@ Line 7: / Line 10: @@
 |Reverse description=Ear of wheat with leaf.
 |Mint=Metapontum
-|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
+|Ancient region=Lucania
-|Date from=400 BCE
+|Date from=339 BCE
-|Date to=340 BCE
+|Date to=330 BCE
 |Period=Classical
 |Metal=Silver
 |Weight=7.93
-|Denomination=stater / tridrachm / nomos
+|Denomination=nomos
 |Standard=Achaian
 |Coin series reference=HN Italy, n° 1552-1553.; HGC 1, n° 1053
 |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1552-1553
-|Overstruck obverse description=Corinthian type
+|Overstruck obverse description=Pegasus flying left
-|Overstruck mint=Corinth?
+|Overstruck reverse description=Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, E and race torch
-|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus?
+|Overstruck mint=Corinth
+|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus
+|Overstruck date from=400 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=340 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
+|Overstruck denomination=stater
+|Overstruck standard=Aeginetic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1990, Corinth Period V, Series 1, n° 372.
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period_iv.period_1-17
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="Traces of overstriking, especially on the reverse where an from the original legend appears on the barley ear"
 }}