2301 - Tauromenium (AE Athena/Pegasus) over Tauromenium (Heracles/bull) (CNG, EA 143, July 2006, 25)
From SILVER
212 - 200 | ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group EA 143 (12/07/2006), no. 25 ; Triton 5 (15/01/2002), no. 274 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | T. Virzi Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing earring, necklace and crested Corinthian helmet. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ Pegasus left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Tauromenium | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | 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. 212 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.18.1 g <br />8,100 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. III, p. 224, no. 35 OS, Virzi 2049 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, no. 1149, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 1581 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Herakles | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bull. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Tauromenium | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (Sicily) | Modern countryModern country: Italy | 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: | Calciati III pg. 2183Calciati III pg. 218, 19 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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