2062 - Locri Epizephyrii (nomos Zeus/eagle) over Corinthian type (MacDonald coll., 29)
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290 - 280 | ΛΟΚΡΩΝ
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Oxford, Ashmolean Museum | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Eagle flying left, hare in talons. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΛΟΚΡΩΝ Winged thunderbolt and caduceus. |
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. 290 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 280 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7,48",48" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm / nomos 
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 8 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 41, no. 29., D. MacDonald, "Sicilian and Southern Italian overstrikes on Pegasoi", NomChron 21 (2002)., SNG 1569 (see MacDonald 2002, p. 64) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)1N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 2313-2317., O. D. Hoover2O. 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. 1566 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus flying left. Below, mint-mark (visible on reverse: part of wing, rear legs of Pegasus. Irrelevant flan lamination). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Aphrodite left, weraing Corinthian helmet. Behind, probably symbol (visible on obverse: outline of helmet, tail of helmet, and locks of hair, slightly double-struck). |
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. 400 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
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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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