2480 - Taras (nomos Taras/wheel FB 4) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Munich, MK)
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| + | |Image overstriking coin=SO 1329 - Taras over Agrigentum.png | ||
| + | |Image overstruck variety=Agrigentum 510-500.jpg | ||
| + | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2245785&AucID=5445&Lot=47 | ||
|Museum collection=München, Staatliche Münzsammlung | |Museum collection=München, Staatliche Münzsammlung | ||
| − | |Obverse description=Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to right. Below, shell. Decorated border. | + | |Obverse description=Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to right. Below, shell. Decorated border. |
|Reverse description=Four-spoked wheel. | |Reverse description=Four-spoked wheel. | ||
|Mint=Taras | |Mint=Taras | ||
| − | |Ancient region= | + | |Ancient region=Calabria |
| − | |Date from=480 | + | |Date from=480 BCE |
| − | |Date to=470 | + | |Date to=470 BCE |
| − | |Weight=6 | + | |Period=Archaic |
| − | |Denomination= | + | |Metal=Silver |
| + | |Weight=6.44 | ||
| + | |Denomination=nomos | ||
|Standard=Achaian | |Standard=Achaian | ||
| − | |Coin reference= | + | |Coin reference=Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, j and pl. 36, n° 5-6 |
| − | |Coin series reference= | + | |Coin series reference=Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, j and pl. 36, n° 5-6; HN Italy, n° 833; HGC 1, n° 754-755 |
| + | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr4 | ||
| + | |Overstruck obverse description=Sea eagle standing left with folded wings | ||
| + | |Overstruck reverse description=Crab | ||
|Overstruck mint=Agrigentum | |Overstruck mint=Agrigentum | ||
| − | |Overstruck ancient region= | + | |Overstruck ancient region=Sicily |
| + | |Overstruck date from=510 BCE | ||
| + | |Overstruck date to=500 BCE | ||
| + | |Overstruck period=Archaic | ||
| + | |Overstruck denomination=didrachm | ||
| + | |Overstruck standard=Attic | ||
| + | |Coin series reference overstruck=Westermark 2018 | ||
| + | |Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agrigentum.westermark_2018.didrachms_groupe_i-iv | ||
| + | |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated | ||
| + | |Level of confidence=sure | ||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 23:48, 18 January 2024
480 BCE - 470 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1329 - Taras over Agrigentum.png
Overstruck variety
Agrigentum 510-500.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | München, Staatliche Münzsammlung | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to right. Below, shell. Decorated border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Four-spoked wheel. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Taras | Ancient regionAncient region. | 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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 BCE | Archaic until 480 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: 6.446.44 g <br />6,440 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, j and pl. 36, n° 5-6 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Westermark 19791Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, j and pl. 36, n° 5-6, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 833, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 754-755 |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Sea eagle standing left with folded wings | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Crab |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Agrigentum | 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. 510 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 500 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
|
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | didrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Westermark 20184Westermark 2018 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Westermark, Ulla (1979), "Overstrikes of Taras on didrachms of Acragas", in Otto Mørkholmand Nancy M. Waggoner (eds.), Greek numismatics and archaeology. Essays in honor of Margaret Thompson, Wetteren, p. 287-293, pl. 36.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ 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
- ^ Westermark, Ulla (2018), The coinage of Akragas c. 510-406 BC, 2 vol., Uppsala.
