17511 - Taras (AR nomos rider/Taras FB 47) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (CNG, EA 484, Jan. 2021, 7)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 17511


346 BCE - 340 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
2432 - Taras (AR nomos) over uncertain type.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Corinth (head r.).jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Münzen und Medaillen, 40, 4 June 2014, 8 = CNG, EA 484, 27 Jan 2021, 7 ("Also includes an old Bank Leu stock ticket")

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Warrior, nude, holding shield and spear, riding horse galloping left ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: TAPAΣ (Greek) Phalanthos, nude, holding trident over shoulder, riding dolphin left
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. 346 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 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: 7.417.41 g <br />7,410 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.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 440, SNG Lockett2SNG Lockett, n° 165 (same dies), Fischer-Bossert 19993Fischer-Bossert 1999, Group 47, n° 653 (V252/R505), Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 440 (same obv. die), HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 876
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Pegasus flying ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Athena r.
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.. 340 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
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 uncertain type"

References

  1. a b  Ravel, Oscar E. (1990), Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Tarentine coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, London, Spink
  2. ^  Mildord, H. (ed) (1938), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain. Vol. 3 : The Lockett Collection, 5 parts, Oxford University Press.
  3. ^  Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
  4. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  5. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..