2348 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 40) over Dyrrachium (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll., 4)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2348

365 BCE - 355 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 4

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Horseman cantering right, arm hanging at side. Below horse, Δ.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on dolphin left, holding kantharos in extended arm.

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. 365 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 355 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.717.71 g <br />7,710 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.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 612, MacDonald 2009, p. 8, n° 4	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Fischer-Bossert 19991Fischer-Bossert 1999, group 40, n° 612 (V240/R468), MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 8, n° 4, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 880, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 777
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr32-42

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΔΥΡΡΑΧΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Pegasus flying left. Below, Δ (visible: rear legs, portion of wing, other slight traces).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, club (visible: outline of Athena's head. Before Δ. Behind head, small portion of club).

Mint and issuing power

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

Dyrrhachium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Illyricum

Modern countryModern country: Albania

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. 435 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 433 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 19905Calciati 1990, vol. 2, p. 357-369, HGC 36HGC 3, n° 28
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/dyrrhachium.meta 2015.serie i periode 2

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
^ HGC 3