1812 - Thurium (nomos Athena/bull) over Dyrrhachium (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll., 22)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1812

400 BCE - 350 BCE | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 22

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. In exergue, fish right.

Mint and issuing power

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

Thurium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Lucania

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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 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: 7.417.41 g <br />7,410 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.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 2009, p. 31-32, n° 22

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

MacDonald 20091MacDonald 2009, p. 31-32, n° 22, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1794c-1795, 1820, 1828-1831, 1836, 1843, 1862, 1870, 1872 (Skylla on helmet on obverse/fish on reverse: 1794d?), HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1260 or 1262

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying right (visible on obverse: foreleg and portion of Pegasus's belly).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Aphrodite right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, Δ and club (visible on reverse: helmet from nose downwards, profile of Aphrodite to throat, portion of neck guard, back of helmet and Δ).

Mint and issuing power

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

Dyrrhachium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Illyricum

Modern countryModern country: Albania

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. 365 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 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:	Meta 20154Meta 2015
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/dyrrhachium.meta 2015.serie i periode 1

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks: