1856 - Taras (nomos horseman/Taras) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (Locker Lampson coll., 12)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1856

355 BCE - 340 BCE | TAPAΣ

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Sotheby's, L, 24 Feb. 1904, 113
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Locker Lampson collection, n° 12; Lisbon, Gulbenkian, n° 28

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male character seated on horse left, nude, wearing helmet, holding reins in one hand, spear and shield in the other. Below horse belly, Δ.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, holding trident. Below, K and 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. 355 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 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: 7.957.95 g <br />7,950 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Noe 1957, Group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, h, Fischer-Bossert 1999, Group 47, n° 662b (V253-R513)	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Noe 19571Noe 1957, Group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, h, Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, Group 47, n° 662b (V253-R513), HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 877, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 775
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr43-47.gr48.671-677

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena.

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.. 340 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, n° 378, 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:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
^ 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
^ 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.