26468 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 40) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (Leu Numismatik, EA 30, July 2024, 52)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26468

365 BCE - 355 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Taras_Leu_Numismatik, _EA_30, _13_July_2024, _52.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Corinth Aphrodite Pegasus right.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik, EA 30, 13 July 2024, 52

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Horseman cantering right, arm hanging at side. Below horse, Δ.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on dolphin left, holding kantharos in extended arm.

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. 365 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 355 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.737.73 g <br />7,730 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Fischer-Bossert 19991Fischer-Bossert 1999, Group 40, n° 613 (V240/R469), MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 10, n° 6, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 880, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 777
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr32-42

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

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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 375 BCE

Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

stater

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Calciati 19905Calciati 1990, n° 378, HGC 46HGC 4, n° 1830-1840
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period iv.period 1-17

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Heavy traces of overstriking and with some graffiti on the reverse"