2239 - Thurium (nomos Athena/bull) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (London, BM, Price 1973, 8)
From SILVER
400 - 350 | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
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Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding rudder-oar over shoulder. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ Bull charging right. In exergue, fish right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Thurium | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Lucania) | 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. 400 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 | 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.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.77.7 g <br />7,700 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater (Rutter), didrachm / nomos (Hoover) | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Achaian (Hoover) | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | M. J. Price, "Acquisitions of Greek Coins by the British Museum", Archaeological Reports 20 (1973-1974), p. 66-71, no. 8 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)1N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 1794c-1795, 1820, 1828-1831, 1836, 1843, 1862, 1870, 1872 (Skylla on helmet on obverse/fish on reverse, 1794d?)21794d?), O. D. Hoover3O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC. - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1, Lancaster-London, 2018, no. 1260 or 1262 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus flying right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet. In left field, a statue of Poseidon. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Corinth | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Peloponnesus (Corinthia) | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | Stater |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | O. Ravel4O. Ravel, Les Poulains de Corinthe, vol. II, no. 673, series X (same reverse die asno. 804, series XII). |
Additional data
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