1865 - Taras (nomos Taras/hippocamp) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Naples, MAN, Fiorelli 1777)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1865

490 BCE - 480 BCEΤΑΡΑΣ | TAPAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1325 - Taras over Corinth.png

Overstruck variety

Corinth Pegasus Athena 520 BCE.jpeg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Naples, Archaeological Museum, Fiorelli, n° 1777

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΤΑΡΑΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to right, holding octopus. Decorated border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Hippocamp left. Below, shell. Border of rays.

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. 490 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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, c and pl. 36, n° 11	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Westermark 19791Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, c and pl. 36, n° 11, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 827, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 753.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr2.gr3.gr5.102-103.gr7.106-111.gr7.115-117

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Helmeted 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. 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 19364Ravel 1936, Calciati 19905Calciati 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: