1908 - Locri Epizephyrii (nomos Zeus/eagle) over Corinthian type (Cambridge, FM, MacClean, n° 1799)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1908

401 BCE - 300 BCEΛΟΚΡΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1192 - Locri Epizephyrii over Corinth.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Corinth (head l.).jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean coll., n° 1799
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	McClean collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΛΟΚΡΩΝ (Greek) Head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath. To right, pinecone.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eagle left within wreath.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Locri Epizephyrii

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (Bruttium)

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. 401 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 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: 7.657.65 g <br />7,650 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Grose 1916, p. 201-245, pl. vii, n° 10, Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, h, Grose 1979, p. 213, n° 1799 and pl. 57, n° 9.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Noe 19571Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, h, Grose 19792Grose 1979, p. 213, n° 1799 and pl. 57, n° 9, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 2312., HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1564
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/locri epizephyrii.hn italy.2312

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying left

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena

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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19905Calciati 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:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
^ Grose, Sidney W. (1979), Catalogue of the McClean collection of Greek coins, 3 vol., Chicago, Obol International, pl. 380.
^ 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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+|Image overstriking coin=SO 1192 - Locri Epizephyrii over Corinth.png
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+|Image overstruck variety=Corinth (head l.).jpg
+|Museum collection=Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean coll., n° 1799
 |Private collection=McClean collection
 |Obverse legend=ΛΟΚΡΩΝ
+|Obverse legend language=Greek
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 |Reverse description=Eagle left within wreath.
 |Mint=Locri Epizephyrii
 |Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Bruttium)
-|Date from=375
+|Date from=401 BCE
-|Date to=330
+|Date to=300 BCE
+|Period=Classical
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=7.65
-|Denomination=stater / didrachm
+|Denomination=nomos
 |Standard=Achaian
-|Coin reference=S. P. Noe, "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7 (1957), p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, h). ; S. W. Grose,"Some rare coins of Magna Graecia ", Numismatic Chronicle 16 (1916), p. 201-245, pl. vii, 10. ; S. W. Grose, Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Volume I. Italy, Sicily, Macedon, Trace, and Thessaly, Chicago, 1979, p. 213, no. 1799 and pl. 57, no. 9.
+|Coin reference=Grose 1916, p. 201-245, pl. vii, n° 10 ; Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, h ; Grose 1979, p. 213, n° 1799 and pl. 57, n° 9.
-|Coin series reference=N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 2312. ; O. 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. 1564
+|Coin series reference=Noe 1957, group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, h ; Grose 1979, p. 213, n° 1799 and pl. 57, n° 9; HN Italy, n° 2312. ; HGC 1, n° 1564
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-|Overstruck reverse description=Head of Athena.
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+|Overstruck reverse description=Head of Athena
 |Overstruck mint=Corinth
 |Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus
+|Overstruck denomination=stater
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+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
+|Level of confidence=sure
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