2119 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras) over uncertain type (NAC, P, May 2005, 1040)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2119

235 BCE - 228 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1366 - Taras over uncertain mint.png [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, P, 12 May 2005, 1040
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	A. D. M. collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Youth seated on a horse right, crowning the horse. Under the horse, ΦΙΛΟΚΛΗΣ and a dolphin. In field, two monogramms.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, holding trident and cornucopia. In right field, two amphorae.

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. 235 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 228 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 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: 6.516.51 g <br />6,510 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 954, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1057, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 903
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.hn italy.1053-59

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:	"Traces of over-striking"

References

^ Ravel, Oscar E. (1990), Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Tarentine coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, London, Spink
^ 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