1885 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 53) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (Vienna, KHM - Noe 1957, pl. XI, m)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1885

340 BCE - 332 BCE | TAPA

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1303 - Taras over uncertain mint.png

Overstruck variety

Corinth (head r.).jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Youth seated on a horse right, restrained at neck by groom. Above, Nike crowning th youth.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPA (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, holding cantharos (?).

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. 340 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 332 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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, m	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Noe 19571Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, m, Ravel 19472Ravel 1947, n° 527, Fischer-Bossert 19993Fischer-Bossert 1999, Group 53, n° 713, HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 892, HGC 15HGC 1, n° 790
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr53

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena (visible on reverse: profil).

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. 380 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 320 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 19906Calciati 1990
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:	sure
RemarksRemarks: