1836 - Taras (nomos Taras/seated oikist) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Oxford, AM, 223)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1836

449 BCE - 440 BCE | TARAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Taras_on_Corinth_-_Oxford, _AM, _223.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, n° 223	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Münzen & Medaillen, XIII, 983
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Robinson coll.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on dolphin to left, arms outrechts. Above, ?. Below, shell.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TARAΣ (Greek) Oecist seated left, drapery on legs, holding distaff with right hand and his seat with left hand.

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. 449 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 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: 7.967.96 g <br />7,960 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.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Ravel 1947, n° T237, Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, e, SNG Ashmolean 1A Etruria-Lucania, n° 223	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° T237, Noe 19572Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, e, SNG Ashmolean 1A Etruria-Lucania3SNG Ashmolean 1A Etruria-Lucania, n° 223, Fischer-Bossert 19994Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 269, HN Italy5HN Italy, n° 843-846, HGC 16HGC 1, n° 757-759
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr15.gr17

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena, wearing helmet

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. 510 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

stater

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Ravel 19367Ravel 1936, Calciati 19908Calciati 1990
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period ii.class 1-3

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on stater of Corinth"

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.
^ Kraay, Colin M. (1962), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum. Great Britain V, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Part 1A: Italy: Etruria - Lucania (Thurium), London.
^ Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
^ 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
^ Ravel, Oscar E (1936), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome I: de 650 à 415 J.-C., Basel.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..