1826 - Taras (nomos Taras/incuse Taras) over Corinth (Pegasus/swastika) (Naples, MAN, Santangelo 2309)
From SILVER
510 BCE - 450 BCETAPAΣ
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Naples, Archaeological Museum, Santangelo 2309 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos) seated on a dolphin right. Decorated border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Incuse type. |
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. 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
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | ||
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Noe 1957,group II, p. 22, pl. VI, f | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Noe 19571Noe 1957,group II, p. 22, pl. VI, f, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 752 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Swastika. |
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. 530 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE | Archaic until 480 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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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Aeginetic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Ravel 19473Ravel 1947, n° 75-76. | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
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