17493 - Taras (nomos Taras/wheel FB 4) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (CNG, 118, Sept. 2021, 4)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 17493


480 BCE - 470 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Taras_17493_CNG.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Corinth Pegasus Athena 520 BCE.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, 72, 14 June 2006, 65 = Classical Numismatic Group, 118, 13 Sept. 2021, 4
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Mercury Group Collection.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Taras riding dolphin right, cockle shell below ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: / Wheel of four spokes.
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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 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: 8.048.04 g <br />8,040 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 75 (same rev. die), Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, Group 4, n° 75 (V35/R55), HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 833, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 754-755
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Visible: Pegasus ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Visible: helmeted head of Athena
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. 510 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE Archaic until 480 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 StandardStandard. : Aeginetic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Ravel 19365Ravel 1936, Calciati 19906Calciati 1990
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a Corinthian stater (helmeted head of Athena visible on reverse)"

References

  1. ^  Ravel, Oscar E. (1990), Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Tarentine coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, London, Spink
  2. ^  Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
  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. ^  Ravel, Oscar E (1936), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome I: de 650 à 415 J.-C., Basel.
  6. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..