1853 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 50) over Ambracia (Pegasus/Athena) (Dewing coll. - Noe 1957, pl. XI, k)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1853

340 BCE - 332 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	A. S. Dewing collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Youth seated on a horse right, crowning horse raisong foot for crouching youth to remove stone. In right field, φ.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, holding cantharos, trident and shield. Below, E and wave pattern.

Mint and issuing power

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

Taras

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (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. 340 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 332 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		DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tridrachm / nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, k).

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 888, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 786

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena.

Mint and issuing power

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

Ambracia

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Epirus

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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