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|Image overstriking coin=SO 1312 - Thurium over Corinth.png
|Image overstriking coin=SO 1312 - Thurium over Corinth.png
|Image overstruck variety=1312 Corinth variety.png
|Image overstruck variety=1312 Corinth variety.png
|Museum collection=London, British Museum
|Obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding rudder-oar over shoulder.
|Obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding rudder-oar over shoulder.
|Reverse legend=ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
|Reverse legend=ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
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|Reverse description=Bull charging right. In exergue, fish right.
|Reverse description=Bull charging right. In exergue, fish right.
|Mint=Thurium
|Mint=Thurium
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
|Ancient region=Lucania
|Date from=400
|Date from=400 BCE
|Date to=350
|Date to=350 BCE
|Period=Classical
|Period=Classical
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=7.70
|Weight=7.70
|Diameter=22
|Diameter=22
|Denomination=stater (Rutter) ; didrachm / nomos (Hoover)
|Denomination=nomos
|Standard=Achaian (Hoover)
|Standard=Achaian
|Coin reference=Price, "Acquisitions of Greek Coins by the British Museum", Archaeological Reports 20 (1973-1974), p. 66-71, n° 8
|Coin reference=Price 1973, p. 66-71, n° 8
|Coin series reference=HN Italy, n° 1794c-1795, 1820, 1828-1831, 1836, 1843, 1862, 1870, 1872 (Skylla on helmet on obverse/fish on reverse; 1794d?) ; HGC 1, n° 1260 or 1262
|Coin series reference=Price 1973, p. 66-71, n° 8; HN Italy, n° 1794c-1795, 1820, 1828-1831, 1836, 1843, 1862, 1870, 1872 (Skylla on helmet on obverse/fish on reverse: 1794d?) ; HGC 1, n° 1260 or 1262
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thurium.hn_italy.1784-1795
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thurium.hn_italy.1784-1795
|Overstruck obverse description=Pegasus flying right.
|Overstruck obverse description=Pegasus flying right.
|Overstruck reverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet. In left field, a statue of Poseidon.
|Overstruck reverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet. In left field, a statue of Poseidon.
|Overstruck mint=Corinth
|Overstruck mint=Corinth
|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus (Corinthia)
|Overstruck ancient region=Peloponnesus
|Overstruck denomination=stater
|Overstruck denomination=stater
|Coin series reference overstruck=Ravel 1948, n° 673, series X (same reverse die asno. 804, series XII).
|Coin series reference overstruck=Ravel 1948, n° 673, series X (same reverse die as n° 804, series XII); Calciati 1990;
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period_iv.period_1-17
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
|Level of confidence=sure
}}
}}

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2239


400 BCE - 350 BCE | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1312 - Thurium over Corinth.png
Overstruck variety
1312 Corinth variety.png
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: London, British Museum

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding rudder-oar over shoulder. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. In exergue, fish right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thurium Ancient regionAncient region. Lucania 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.707.7 g <br />7,700 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Price 1973, p. 66-71, n° 8 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Price 19731Price 1973, p. 66-71, n° 8, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1794c-1795, 1820, 1828-1831, 1836, 1843, 1862, 1870, 1872 (Skylla on helmet on obverse/fish on reverse: 1794d?), HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1260 or 1262
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Pegasus flying right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet. In left field, a statue of Poseidon.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Corinth Ancient regionAncient region.  Peloponnesus Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Ravel 19484Ravel 1948, n° 673, series X (same reverse die as n° 804, series XII), Calciati 19905Calciati 1990
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: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Price, Martin J. (1973-1974), "Recent acquisitions of Greek coins by the British Museum", Archaeological Reports 20, p. 66-71.
  2. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  3. ^  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
  4. ^  Ravel, Oscar E. (1948), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome II: (de 414 à 300 J. C.), London, 310 p., 54 pls.
  5. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..