24103 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 48) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (Nomos, Obolos 21, Jan. 2022, 19)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 24103


345 BCE - 340 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Taras_Nomos,_obolos_21,_2_January_2022,_19+.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Corinth (head r.).jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Nomos, obolos 21, 2 January 2022, 19
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.: Male character seated on horse galloping to right, naked, wearing helmet, holding reins in one hand and shield and spear in other. Below, T. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on a dolphin to left, holding cantharos. Below, Π over 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. 345 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: 7.677.67 g <br />7,670 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.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 448, SNG ANS 2 Lucania2SNG ANS 2 Lucania, n° 935, Fischer-Bossert 19993Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 672 (V256/R521), HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 878, HGC 15HGC 1, n° 776
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Pegasus flying ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Athena, wearing Corinthian helmet
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Corinth Ancient regionAncient region.  Peloponnesus 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. 410 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
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19906Calciati 1990
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: "overstruck on a Corinthian-type stater (remains of helmeted Athena on the reverse)"

References

  1. ^  Ravel, Oscar E. (1990), Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Tarentine coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, London, Spink
  2. ^  Troxell, Hyla S. (1972), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 2. Lucania, New York
  3. ^  Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
  4. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  5. ^  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
  6. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..