23982 - Taras (nomos Taras/hippocamp) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Westermark 1979, pl. 36, d)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 23982


490 BCE - 480 BCEΤΑΡΑΣ | TAPAΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Taras_Westermark_1979,_pl._36,_d.jpg
Overstruck variety
Agrigentum 510-500.jpg [1]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : Weste

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΤΑΡΑΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to right, holding octopus. Decorated border. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: TAPAΣ (Greek) Hippocamp right. Below, shell. Border of rays.
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: 7.977.97 g <br />7,970 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, e et pl. 36, n° 7 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Westermark 19791Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, e et pl. 36, n° 7, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 827, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 753.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Eagle flying to left. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: crab
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Agrigentum Ancient regionAncient region.  Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy 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. 510 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
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : didrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Westermark 20184Westermark 2018
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. ^  Westermark, Ulla (1979), "Overstrikes of Taras on didrachms of Acragas", in Otto Mørkholmand Nancy M. Waggoner (eds.), Greek numismatics and archaeology. Essays in honor of Margaret Thompson, Wetteren, p. 287-293, pl. 36.
  2. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  3. ^  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
  4. ^  Westermark, Ulla (2018), The coinage of Akragas c. 510-406 BC, 2 vol., Uppsala.