26468 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 40) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (Leu Numismatik, EA 30, July 2024, 52)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 26468


365 BCE - 355 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Taras_Leu_Numismatik, _EA_30, _13_July_2024, _52.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Corinth Aphrodite Pegasus right.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Leu Numismatik, EA 30, 13 July 2024, 52

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Horseman cantering right, arm hanging at side. Below horse, Δ. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on dolphin left, holding kantharos in extended arm.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Taras Ancient regionAncient region. Calabria 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. 365 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 355 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.737.73 g <br />7,730 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Fischer-Bossert 19991Fischer-Bossert 1999, Group 40, n° 613 (V240/R469), MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 10, n° 6, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 880, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 777
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Pegasus flying right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Corinth Ancient regionAncient region.  Peloponnesus Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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.. 375 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19905Calciati 1990, n° 378, HGC 46HGC 4, n° 1830-1840
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Heavy traces of overstriking and with some graffiti on the reverse"

References

  1. ^  Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
  2. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  3. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  4. ^  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
  5. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
  6. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.