1926 - Metapontum (nomos Leucippus/ear of barley) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll. 18)
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Leucippus right, wearing Corinthian helmet. In field, cross-torch. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | META Ear of wheat with leaf. In right field, I-H. |
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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 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: 7.627.62 g <br />7,620 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Stater / Tridrachm / Nomos | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 10 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. 26, no. 18 | 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. 1555., 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. 1055 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus flying left. Belo, mintmark (visible: traces of helmet). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Aphrodite right, wearing Corinthian helmet (visible: outline of nasal guard and lower edge helmet and profile of Aphrodite to tip of nose. Under magnification, outline of chin and neck of Aphrodite, bottom of helmet bowl in left field). |
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: | 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
| 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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