1953 - Thurium (nomos Athena/bull) over uncertain type (CNG, 87, May 2011, 142)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1953


400 BCE - 350 BCE | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1318 - Thurium over uncertain mint.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, 87, 18 May 2011, 142
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : C. E. Pitchfork Collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding oar and scanning. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Bull butting right. Above, I. In exergue, fish right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thurium Ancient regionAncient region. 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 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: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 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 /> StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG ANS 2 Lucania1SNG ANS 2 Lucania, n° 1052 corr. (I not noted, same dies), HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1794c-1795, 1820, 1828-1831, 1836, 1843, 1862, 1870, 1872 (Skylla on helmet on obverse/fish on reverse: 1794d?, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1260 or 1262
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: 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. 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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on uncertain type"

References

  1. ^  Troxell, Hyla S. (1972), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 2. Lucania, New York
  2. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  3. ^  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