349 BCE - 340 BCE | TAPAΣ
Overstriking coin
SO 1348 - Taras over uncertain mint.jpg
Overstruck variety
Corinth Calciati 372.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Stack’s & Bowers/ Ponterio, 10 Aug. 2016, 22005
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Male character seated on horse galloping to left, naked, holding reins in one hand and shield and spear in other. Below, NI.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, holding grapes bunch. Below, I.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Taras
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Calabria
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 349 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 BCE
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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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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
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StandardStandard.: Achaian
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Pegasus flying
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Athena left, wearing a Corinthian helmet
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Corinth
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Peloponnesus
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 420 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 355 BCE
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Classical 480-323 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:
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stater
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