24099 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 50) over Terina (Terina/Nike) (Leu, 6, Oct. 2020, 33)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 24099


343 BCE - 340 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Taras_Leu_Numismatik_AG, _6, _23_Oct._2020, _33.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Terina_right.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998, 86 = Leu Numismatik AG, 6, 23 Oct. 2020, 33
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the Kleinkunst Collection and from the collection of A. D. Moretti

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Youth on horse right, crowning horse, below a second youth examines horse's hoof, in right field, Φ ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on dolphin left, holding oinoche in one hand and trident and shield in other. Below, E and wave pattern.
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. 343 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 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: 7.797.79 g <br />7,790 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.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 694f (this coin, V261/R541) Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG ANS 2 Lucania1SNG ANS 2 Lucania, Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 694f (this coin, V261/R541), HGC 13HGC 1, n° 786, HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 887
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: TEPI-NAION around (Greek) Head of the nymph Terina right, hair in ampyx and tied into knot, tiny f behind neck ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Nike, wings spread, holding kerykeion in right hand, wreath in left, seated left on stele
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Terina Ancient regionAncient region.  Bruttium 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. 425 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 420 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. : nomos
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : BMC Bruttium5BMC Bruttium, n° 14–5 (same dies), Regling 19066Regling 1906, n° 25 (dies R/ψ), HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 2585
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: "Traces of overstriking on the obverse"

References

  1. ^  Troxell, Hyla S. (1972), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 2. Lucania, New York
  2. ^  Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] 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. a b  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  5. ^ BMC Bruttium 
  6. ^  Regling, Kurt (1906), Terina, Winckelmannsfeste der Archaeologischen Gesellschaft 66, Berlin, 80 p., 3 pl.