2637 - Locri Epizephyrii (AE Zeus/eagle) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 395, Apr. 2017, 13)
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400 BCE - 200 BCE
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group EA 395 (12/04/2017), lot 13 ; Peter Brooksd, Brisbane (22/11/1992) | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | C. E. Pitchfork Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Eagle standing right on rock. |
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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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: 11.511.5 g <br />11,500 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br /> | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1 , HN Italy2 , HGC 13 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
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: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | 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: | ||
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- ^ SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum
- ^ 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