2555 - Taras (nomos Taras/hippocamp) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Cambridge, FM, SNG Lewis 122))

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2555

490 BCE - 480 BCEΤΑΡΑΣ | TAPAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1324 - Taras over Corinth or Agrigentum.png

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, SNG Lewis, n° 122

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΤΑΡΑΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to right, holding octopus. Decorated border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Hippocamp right. Below, shell. Border of rays.

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. 490 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: 8.048.04 g <br />8,040 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, e et pl. 36, n° 10, SNG Lewis 122, "Caulonia", p. 71 n° 1c (wrongly reffered to as SNG Fitzwilliam 254)	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Westermark 19791Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, e et pl. 36, n° 10, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 827, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 753.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.hn italy.829

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Eagle

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

crab

Mint and issuing power

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

Agrigentum

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. 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:

didrachm

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Westermark 20184Westermark 2018
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agrigentum.westermark 2018.didrachms groupe i-iv

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	weak
RemarksRemarks:	Agrigentum or Corinth?