2348 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 40) over Dyrrachium (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll., 4)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2348

365 - 355 | TAPAΣ

Images

Location/history

Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	D. MacDonald collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Horseman cantering right, arm hanging at side. Below horse, Δ.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on dolphin left, holding kantharos in extended arm.

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. 365 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 355

Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.:	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.717.71 g <br />7,710 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm / nomos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 2 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
		StandardStandard.: Italic-Tarentine

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 8, no. 4., W. Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent 510-280 v. Chr., Antike Münzen und Geschnittene Steine 14, Berlin-New York, 1999, no. 612.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

W. Fischer-Bossert1W. Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent 510-280 v. Chr., Antike Münzen und Geschnittene Steine 14, Berlin-New York, 1999, group 40, no. 612 (V240/R468)., O. D. Hoover2O. 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.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying left. Below, Δ (visible: rear legs, portion of wing, other slight traces).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΔΥΡΡΑΧΙΝΩΝ Head of Aphrodite left, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, club (visible: outline of Aphrodite's head. Before Δ. Behind head, small portion of club).

Mint and issuing power

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

Dyrrhachium

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Illyricum

Modern countryModern country: Albania

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. 360 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:

Calciati3Calciati, Pegasi, vol. 2, p. 357-369

Additional data

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