2834 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 40) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll., 5)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2834

365 BCE - 355 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1340 - Taras over Corinth.jpg

Overstruck variety

Corinth N.jpg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

1340 Corinth (drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 5

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Horseman cantering right, arm hanging at side. Below horse, Δ.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on dolphin left, holding kantharos in extended arm.

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. 365 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 355 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 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.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 613, MacDonald 2009, p. 9, n° 5	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Fischer-Bossert 19991Fischer-Bossert 1999, group 40, n° 613 (V240/R469), MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 9, n° 5, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 880, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 777
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr32-42

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Ϙ (Greek) Pegasus flying right (visible: rear legs, portion of wing).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Aphrodite right, wearing a Corinthian helmet. Behind, N and uncertain symbol (visible: outline of Aphrodite's helmet from neck guard to forehead, traces of face. Behind neck, N).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Corinth

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 375 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

stater

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19905Calciati 1990, vol. 1, p. 179-184, n° 245-271, HGC 46HGC 4, n° 1830-1840
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period iv.period 1-17

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ 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
^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.