2253 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 40) over Leucas (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll., 8)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2253


365 BCE - 355 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1343 - Taras over Leucas.jpg
Overstruck variety
Leucas_grape.jpg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
1343 Leucas (drawing).jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : David MacDonald collection, n° 8

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Horseman cantering right, arm hanging at side. Below horse, Δ. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on dolphin left, holding kantharos in extended arm.
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. 365 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 355 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: 7.777.77 g <br />7,770 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.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, p. 12, n° 8 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 471, Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, group 40, n° 613 (V240/R470), MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p. 12, n° 8, HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 880
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Λ (Greek) Pegasus with curled wing right (visible on bverse: reare of Pegasus, portions of rear legs, curled wing). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Aphrodite right, wearing a Corinthian helmet. Behind, bunch of grapes (visible on reverse: most of grape's outline, details of back of helmet and neck, and some of throat outline).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Leucas Ancient regionAncient region.  Acarnania Modern countryModern country: Greece 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 375 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19905Calciati 1990, vol. 2, p. 399, Leukas Series Σ, n° 38
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks:

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. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  4. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  5. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..