2325 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 53) over Leucas (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll., 14)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2325


340 BCE - 325 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1361 - Taras over Leucas.jpg
Overstruck variety
Taras on Corinth (Leukas) - MacDonald 2009, 14 overstruck variety.jpg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
1361 Leucas (drawing).jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : David MacDonald collection, n° 14

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Youth seated on a horse right, restrained at neck by groom. Above, Nike crowning th youth. Beneath horse, Z. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, holding cantharos (?). In right field, K.
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. 340 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 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: 7.987.98 g <br />7,980 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, p. 21-22, n° 14 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Fischer-Bossert 19991Fischer-Bossert 1999, Group 53, n° 713, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 21-22, n° 14, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 892, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 790
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Pegasus ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Athena
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. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 330 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, n° 94
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: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
  2. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  3. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  4. ^  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
  5. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..