2005 - Taras (nomos Taras/seated oikist) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Florence, MA)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2005

450 BCE - 440 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Corinth Archaic Pegasus Athena right.jpeg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on dolphin to right. Below, shell. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Oecist seated left, drapery on legs, holding distaff with right hand and his seat 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:	Garraffo 1989, p. 59, 1a et pl. 71, n° 1	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Garraffo 19891Garraffo 1989, p. 59, 1a et pl. 71, n° 1, Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 251, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 843-846, HGC 14HGC 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 right (visible on reverse: inferior part).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet (visible on obverse: inferior part of the head).

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.. 450 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

, 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:	Ravel 19365Ravel 1936, n° 252, Calciati 19906Calciati 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: