2029 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 47) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (NAC, R, May 2007, 1018)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2029

355 BCE - 340 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	NAC, R, (17/05/2007) lot 1018

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male character seated on horse left, nude, wearing helmet, holding reins in one hand, spear and shield in the other. Below horse belly, Δ.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, holding trident. Below, K and wave pattern.

Mint and issuing power

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

Taras

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (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. 355 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 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: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tridrachm / nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Fischer-Bossert 19991Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 664., HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 877., HGC 13HGC 1, n° 775
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr43-47.gr48.671-677

Overstruck type

Description

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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

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periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

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Additional data

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