21698 - Taras (nomos Taras/hippocamp) over uncertain type (NAC, 25, June 2003, 11)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 21698


490 BCE - 480 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Taras_21698_NAC.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Münzen und Medaillen, 10, 1951, 160 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 25, 25 June 2003, 11
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Vlasto and A.D.M. collections.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Naked Phalantus on dolphin r., extending l. arm and holding octopus in r. hand. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Hippocamp r., below, pecten
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. 490 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE Archaic until 480 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: 8.148.14 g <br />8,140 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Ravel 1947, n° 122, Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 41a (this coin) Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 122, Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 41a (this coin), HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 827
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 concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "traces of overstriking on reverse"

References

  1. ^  Ravel, Oscar E. (1990), Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Tarentine coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, London, Spink
  2. ^  Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
  3. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.