2007 - Taras (nomos Taras/hippocamp) over uncertain type (NAC, Q, Apr. 2006, 1035)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2007

489 BCE - 480 BCETARAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Taras_2007_Triton.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, Q, 6 Apr. 2006, 1035 = Classical Numismatic Group, 94, 18 Sept. 2013, 13 = Triton, XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, 9 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 440, 20 March 2019, 1 = Harlan J. Berk, BBS 210, 1 Apr. 2020, 26 = Harlan J. Berk, BBS 212, 9 Sept. 2020, 22

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

TARAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, both arms outstretched. Below, shell.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Hippocamp left.

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. 489 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.118.11 g <br />8,110 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 134 (same dies), Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, group 5, n° 103 (V52/R67), HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 827 var. (shell on obverse, no octopus)., HGC 14HGC 1, n° 753 var. (no shell on reverse, no octopus).
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.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"This coin is overstruck"