3600 - Taras (nomos Taras/seated oikist) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 273)
From SILVER
450 BCE - 440 BCE
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, de Luynes 273 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | de Luynes collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on dolphin to right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Oecist seated left, drapery on legs, holding distaff with right hand and scepter with left hand. |
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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 440 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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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 | |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Babelon 1924, n° 273, Ravel 1947, n° 247?, Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, c | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Babelon 19241Babelon 1924, n° 273, Ravel 19472Ravel 1947, n° 247?, Noe 19573Noe 1957, group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, c, Fischer-Bossert 19994Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 165, HN Italy5HN Italy, n° 844, HGC 16HGC 1, n° 757-759 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus flying right (visible on reverse: legs and koppa) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena, wearing helmet |
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.. 450 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC , Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | stater
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Babelon 19241Babelon 1924, ccviii, 7-12, Ravel 19367Ravel 1936, Calciati 19908Calciati 1990 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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