1712 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Selinus (selinon leaf/incuse square) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 459)
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540 BCE - 510 BCEMETA
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, de Luynes 459 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | de Luynes collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | META (Greek) Ear of cereal. Decorated border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse ear of cereal. Border of rays. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Metapontum | 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. 540 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 510 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.008 g <br />8,000 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater / tridrachm / nomos | |
StandardStandard.: Achaian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group IV, p. 26, pl. VIII, c)., Babelon 1924, n° 459 (https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k875298f/f112.item) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1459, 1463, 1465, 1467, 1470, 1472, 1474, 1479, 1481-1486., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1027-1029 |
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Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Selinus or Himera ? | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | Modern countryModern country: | 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
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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