1936 - Croton (nomos Hera/Heracles) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (CNG, EA 292, Dec. 2012, 109)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1936

400 BCE - 325 BCE | ΚΡΟΤΩΝΙΑΤΑΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1397 - Croton over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group EA 292 (05/12/2012), lot 109

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Hera Lakinia facing slightly right, wearing stephane decorated with palmette

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΚΡΟΤΩΝΙΑΤΑΣ (Greek) Young Herakles, nude, reclining left on lion skin draped over rock, holding cup and club. Against the rock, bow.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Croton

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.. 325 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: 7.657.65 g <br />7,650 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater (Rutter), tridrachm/nomos (Hoover)	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 />		StandardStandard.: Achaian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, n° 371 (same dies)., HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2159-2169., HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1463
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/croton.hn italy.2159-2169

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus (visble on reverse: rump and tail above Herakles’ outstretched arm)

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:

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:	Overstruck on a Corinthian-type stater with Pegasus rump and tail visible above Herakles’ outstretched arm.

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