1964 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 50) over Leucas (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll., 12)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1964

343 BCE - 340 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1356 - Taras over Leucas.jpg

Overstruck variety

Taras on Corinth (Leukas) - MacDonald 2009, 14 overstruck variety.jpg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

1356 Leucas (drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 12

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Youth on horse right, crowning horse, below a second youth examines horse's hoof, in right field, Φ

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on dolphin left, holding oinoche in one hand and trident and shield in other. Below, E and wave pattern.

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. 343 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 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	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 696, MacDonald 2002, p. 64, MacDonald 2009, p. 19-20, n° 12	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Fischer-Bossert 19991Fischer-Bossert 1999, group 50, n° 696 (V262/R543), MacDonald 20022MacDonald 2002, p. 64, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p. 19-20, n° 12, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 785
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr50

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Λ Pegasus flying right (visible on obverse: rear leg, rear, tail of Pegasus, top of Λ)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, Λ and kerykeion (visible on reverse: back of helmet, traces of locks of hair, kerykeion and left side of Λ).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Leucas

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Acarnania

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 360 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

stater

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Calciati 19905Calciati 1990, Leukas n° 92-95, the differences between the numbers being stylistic. The reference on p. 416 at the end of entry no. 92 to overstrikes should cite no. 47-54 rather than 44-54.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
^ MacDonald, David (2002), "Sicilian and Southern Italian overstrikes over Pegasoi," Nomismatika Chronika 21, p. 55-64.
^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
^ 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
^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..