2301 - Tauromenium (AE Athena/Pegasus) over Tauromenium (Heracles/bull) (CNG, EA 143, July 2006, 25)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2301

212 BCE - 200 BCE | ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO_1689_-_Tauromenium_(AE_Athena-Pegasus).png [1]

Overstruck variety

Tauromenium_Heracles-bull.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 143, 12 July 2006, 25 ; Triton, 5, 15 Jan. 2002, 274
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Tom 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 (Greek) Pegasus left.

Mint and issuing power

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

Tauromenium

Ancient regionAncient region.

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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.108.1 g <br />8,100 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination A/B
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Chalkous

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Calciati 1987, n° 35 OS, Virzi 2049

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 224, n° 34-35 OS/1, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1149-1152, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1581

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing tainia. Monogram to left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΤΑΥΡΟΜΕΝΙΤΑΝ (Greek) Bull charging right.

Mint and issuing power

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

Tauromenium

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

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. 275 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 212 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

denomination A/B

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Chalkous

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 218-219, n° 19-20 OS, SNG ANS 5 Sicily2SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 1133-1135, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 1579

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

a b Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
a b Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 5. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3. Syracuse-Siceliotes, New York, 1988,
a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.