1857 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 52) over uncertain type (NAC, 25, June 2003, 13)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1857

341 BCE - 325 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1360 - Taras over uncertain mint.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Giessener Munzhandlung, 52, 1990, 12 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 25, 25 June 2003, 13
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	A. D. M. collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Youth seated on horse trotting left and leading another beside it in the background. He is crowned by Nike flying left. Beneath horse, ΦΙ.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on a dolphin to left, striking with his trident a fish swimming below right over waves. In right field, K.

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. 341 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: 7.887.88 g <br />7,880 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 708b	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 422, Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 708b, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 872, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 770
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr52

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Minor traces of overstriking"

References

^ Ravel, Oscar E. (1990), Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Tarentine coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, London, Spink
^ Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
^ 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