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|Reverse description=Four-spoked wheel.
|Reverse description=Four-spoked wheel.
|Mint=Taras
|Mint=Taras
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Calabria)
|Ancient region=Calabria
|Date from=500 BCE
|Date from=500 BCE
|Date to=480 BCE
|Date to=480 BCE
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|Metal=Silver
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=8.01
|Weight=8.01
|Denomination=didrachm / nomos
|Denomination=nomos
|Standard=Achaian
|Standard=Achaian
|Coin reference=Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, i et pl. 36, n° 2
|Coin reference=Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, i et pl. 36, n° 2
|Coin series reference=HN Italy, n° 833.; HGC 1, n° 754-755
|Coin series reference=HN Italy, n° 833.; HGC 1, n° 754-755
|Overstruck mint=Agrigentum
|Overstruck mint=Agrigentum
|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily
|Overstruck date from=540 BCE
|Overstruck date to=480 BCE
|Overstruck period=Archaic
|Overstruck denomination=didrachm
|Coin series reference overstruck=Westermark 2018
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Revision as of 18:39, 17 August 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2493


500 BCE - 480 BCETAPAΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1332 - Taras over Agrigentum.png
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Syracuse, coll. Gagliardino. 1028

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to right. Below, shell. Decorated border. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Four-spoked wheel.
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. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE Archaic until 480 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: 8.018.01 g <br />8,010 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, i et pl. 36, n° 2 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 833., HGC 12HGC 1, n° 754-755

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Agrigentum Ancient regionAncient region.  Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy 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. 540 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE Archaic until 480 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : didrachm Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Westermark 20183Westermark 2018
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: