190 BCE - 180 BCE | ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, EA 143, 12 July 2006, 25 ; Triton, 5, 15 Jan. 2002, 274
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Tom Virzi Collection. From the collection of Alexandre de Barros. Ex David Freedman Collection
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace and crested Corinthian helmet. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ (Greek) Pegasus left.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Tauromenium
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 190 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 180 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.108.1 g <br />8,100 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: chalkous
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Calciati 1987, n° 35 OS, Virzi 2049
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 224, n° 34-35 OS/1, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1149-1152, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1581, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 339, n° 388
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing tainia. Monogram to left.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ (Greek) Bull charging right.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Tauromenium
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 265 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 263 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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chalkous
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References
References
- a b Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- a b Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
- a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
- a b Puglisi, Mariangela (2009), La Sicilia da Dionisio I a Sesto Pompeo : circolazione e funzione della moneta, Messina, DiScAM, p. 519.
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