2775 - Taras (nomos Taras/hippocamp) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Coin Galleries, 9 March 1956, 1503)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2775

489 BCE - 480 BCEΤΑΡΑΣ

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Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Coin Galleries, 9 March 1956, 1503
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	C. R. Collier Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΤΑΡΑΣ (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. Below, shell. Border of dots.

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: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Ravel 1947, n° 139, Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, b	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 139, Noe 19572Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, b, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 827 var. (shell on obverse, no octopus), HGC 14HGC 1, n° 753 var. (shell on obverse, 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.:

Pegasus flying

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena r., wearing helmet in an incuse square

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.. 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:

stater

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Aeginetic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Ravel 19365Ravel 1936, 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:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Ravel, Oscar E. (1990), Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Tarentine coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, London, Spink
^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
^ 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
^ Ravel, Oscar E (1936), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome I: de 650 à 415 J.-C., Basel.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..