17224 - Thurium (nomos Athena/bull) over uncertain type (Peus, 433, Nov. 2022, 1059)

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|Image overstriking coin=2407 - Thurium over uncertain type.jpg
 
|Image overstriking coin=2407 - Thurium over uncertain type.jpg
|Sale=Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger 433, 1 Nov. 2022 lot 1059 ; Spink & Son Ltd, London August 30, 1985
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|Sale=Spink, 30 Aug. 1985 = Peus, 433, 1 Nov. 2022, 1059
|Obverse description=Head of Athena with Attic Skylla helmet
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|Obverse description=Head of Athena with Attic Skylla helmet r.
 
|Reverse legend=ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
 
|Reverse legend=ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
 
|Reverse legend language=Greek
 
|Reverse legend language=Greek
 
|Reverse description=Bull charging right. In exergue, a torch
 
|Reverse description=Bull charging right. In exergue, a torch
 
|Mint=Thurium
 
|Mint=Thurium
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Lucania)
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|Ancient region=Lucania
|Date from=350 BCE
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|Date from=400 BCE
|Date to=300 BCE
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|Date to=350 BCE
 
|Period=Classical
 
|Period=Classical
 
|Metal=Silver
 
|Metal=Silver
 
|Weight=7.93
 
|Weight=7.93
 
|Diameter=22.6
 
|Diameter=22.6
|Coin series reference=SNG Ashmolean 2, n° 963 ; HN Italy, n° 1840 ; HGC 1, n° 1262 ; SNG ANS, n° 1092 (av. stgl.) ; Dewing Coll. 446.
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|Denomination=nomos
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|Coin series reference=SNG Ashmolean 2, n° 963 ; HN Italy, n° 1840 ; HGC 1, n° 1262
 
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thurium.hn_italy.1840
 
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thurium.hn_italy.1840
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|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
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|Remarks="Überprägungsspuren im Revers" (nb: not surely an overstrike)
 
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Latest revision as of 08:18, 30 December 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 17224


400 BCE - 350 BCE | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
2407 - Thurium over uncertain type.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Spink, 30 Aug. 1985 = Peus, 433, 1 Nov. 2022, 1059

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena with Attic Skylla helmet r. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. In exergue, a torch
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Thurium Ancient regionAncient region. 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 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.937.93 g <br />7,930 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 22.622.6 mm <br />2.26 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Ashmolean 21SNG Ashmolean 2, n° 963, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1840, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1262
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "Überprägungsspuren im Revers" (nb: not surely an overstrike)

References

  1. ^  Kraay, Colin M. (1969), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, vol. 5, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Part 2, Italy; Lucania (Thurium)-Bruttium, Sicily, Carthage, London, Oxford Univ. Press.
  2. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm