1908 - Locri Epizephyrii (nomos Zeus/eagle) over Corinthian type (Cambridge, FM, MacClean, n° 1799)
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400 BCE - 300 BCEΛΟΚΡΩΝ
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.MC.1799-R | |
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. 400 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: 7.657.65 g <br />7,650 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater / didrachm | |
StandardStandard.: Achaian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Grose 1916, p. 201-245, pl. vii, n° 10, Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (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: | HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 2312., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1564 |
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Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus | 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
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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