2382 - Metapontum (nomos Heracles/ear of barley) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Triton, I, Dec. 1997, 105)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2382

341 BCE - 330 BCE | META

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1271 - Metapontum over Corinth?.jpg

Overstruck variety

Pegasus Corinth Aphrodite helmet.jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Triton, I, 2 Dec. 1997, 105 = Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, 223
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	C. E. Pitchfork Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

META (Greek) Barley ear with leaf to left. To left, ΠΡΟ.

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. 341 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: 7.627.62 g <br />7,620 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1560., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1059
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn italy.1560

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet

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. 380 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
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:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on a Corinthian stater"

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=Classical Numismatic Group MBS 82 (16/09/2009), lot 223 ; Triton 1 (02/12/1997), lot 105
+|Image overstruck variety=Pegasus Corinth Aphrodite helmet.jpeg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2108630&AucID=5028&Lot=135
+|Sale=Triton, I, 2 Dec. 1997, 105 = Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 82, 16 Sept. 2009, 223
 |Private collection=C. E. Pitchfork Collection
 |Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
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 |Reverse description=Barley ear with leaf to left. To left, ΠΡΟ.
 |Mint=Metapontum
-|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
+|Ancient region=Lucania
-|Date from=340 BCE
+|Date from=341 BCE
 |Date to=330 BCE
 |Period=Classical
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 |Weight=7.62
 |Axis=6
-|Denomination=stater / tridrachm / nomos
+|Denomination=nomos
 |Standard=Achaian
 |Coin series reference=HN Italy, n° 1560. ; HGC 1, n° 1059
 |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/metapontum.hn_italy.1560
-|Overstruck obverse description=Corinthian type
+|Overstruck obverse description=Pegasus flying left
-|Overstruck mint=Corinth?
+|Overstruck reverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet
-|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus?
+|Overstruck mint=Corinth
+|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus
+|Overstruck date from=380 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=340 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
+|Overstruck denomination=stater
+|Overstruck standard=Aeginetic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Calciati 1990
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period_iv.period_1-17
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
+|Remarks="Overstruck on a Corinthian stater"
 }}