2048 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras) over Terina (Terina/Nike) (Vlasto coll. 396 - Noe 1957, pl. XI, n)
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302 BCE - 272 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Terina.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Vlasto collection, n° 396 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Rider galloping right, holding spear. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | TAPAΣ Taras astride dolphin left, holding Nike in his outstretched right hand, and shield and spear in his left, below |
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. 302 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 272 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.727.72 g <br />7,720 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Ravel 1947, n° 396, Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, n | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 396, Noe 19572Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, n |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | TEPINAION around (Greek) Head of the nymph Terina to left, hair bound with sphendone, Π behind | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Nike seated to left on cippus, resting hand on upright kerykeion |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Terina | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Bruttium | Modern countryModern country: Italy | 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. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | nomos | StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Achaian |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 2600, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1744 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- ^ Ravel, Oscar E. (1990), Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Tarentine coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, London, Spink
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
- ^ 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
