1822 - Thurium (nomos Athena/bull) over Leucas (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll., 26)
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|Image overstriking coin=SO 1315 - Thurium over Leucas.jpg | |Image overstriking coin=SO 1315 - Thurium over Leucas.jpg | ||
|Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=1315 Corinth (drawing).jpg | |Image overstruck variety visible on the overstriking coin=1315 Corinth (drawing).jpg | ||
+ | |Image overstruck variety=Leukas kerykeion.jpeg | ||
+ | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2068413&AucID=4923&Lot=3203 | ||
|Private collection=David MacDonald collection | |Private collection=David MacDonald collection | ||
|Obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla. | |Obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla. |
Revision as of 12:30, 7 June 2023
350 BCE - 300 BCE | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | David MacDonald collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. Below, Z. In exergue, fish right. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Thurium | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.777.77 g <br />7,770 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater (Rutter), didrachm / nomos (Hoover) | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br /> |
StandardStandard.: Achaian (Hoover) |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 36, n° 26 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1813 var. (fish on reverse unlisted)., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1260 or 1262 |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus flying right (visible on obverse: portions of wing and line of back visible on face and neck guard). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Aphrodite right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, Λ and kerykeion (visible on reverse: back of helmet, neck guard, Λ, kerykeion). |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Leucas | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Acarnania | 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. 360 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: | BMC3BMC, no. 57-58, Calciati4Calciati, Pegasi, vol. 2, Leukas, p. 415-416, no. 92-95, Carter5Carter, Leucas, p. 35-41 |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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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
- ^ BMC
- ^ Calciati
- ^ Carter