ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
The Dioskouroi seated on horses to left. Below, ΣΩΔΑΜΟΣ.
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, holding Nike right crowning him and shield decorated with hippocamp and two spears. Il left field, ΓΥ. Below, wave pattern.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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. 280 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 272 BCE
Hellenistic 323-30 BCperiodTime 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: 6.546.54 g <br />6,540 mg <br />
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
"Possibly overstruck on an earlier coin which can be discerned at center of reverse"
References
^Troxell, Hyla S. (1972), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 2. Lucania, New York
^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
periodTime period of the numismatic object.
