1956 - Taras (nomos Taras/seated oikist) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Naples, MAN)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1956

450 BCE - 440 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1294 - Taras over Corinth.png

Overstruck variety

Corinth Pegasus Athena 520 BCE.jpeg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Naples, Archaeological Museum

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on dolphin to right, holding octopus. Below, shell (?).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Oecist seated left, drapery on legs, holding distaff or cantharus with right hand and scepter 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. 450 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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Ravel 1947, n° 300?, Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, d	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 300?, Noe 19572Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, d, Fischer-Bossert 19993Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 269, HN Italy4HN Italy, n° 843-846, HGC 15HGC 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 19366Ravel 1936, Calciati 19907Calciati 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: