20924 - Tauromenium (AE Athena/Pegasus) over Tauromenium (Heracles/bull) (Bertolami, EA 32, Jan. 2016, 314)
From SILVER
190 BC - 180 BCE | ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Bertolami Fine Arts, EA 32, 11 Jan. 2016, 314 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace and crested Corinthian helmet. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ (Greek) Pegasus left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Tauromenium | Ancient regionAncient region. | Sicily | 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. 190 BC toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 180 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.626.62 g <br />6,620 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 224, n° 34-35 OS/1, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1149-1152, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1581, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 339, n° 388 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing tainia. Monogram to left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Tauromenium | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sicily | Modern countryModern country: Italy | 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. 265 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 263 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 218-219, n° 19-20 OS, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1133-1135, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1579, Puglisi 20094Puglisi 2009, p. 337, n° 379 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "traces of an uncertain undertype" | ||
