2480 - Taras (nomos Taras/wheel FB 4) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Munich, MK)
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|Date from=480 | |Date from=480 | ||
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|Denomination=didrachm / nomos | |Denomination=didrachm / nomos | ||
|Standard=Achaian | |Standard=Achaian |
Revision as of 18:48, 16 August 2022
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Images
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. | 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. 480 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 | 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: 6.446.44 g <br />6,440 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm / nomos | |
StandardStandard.: Achaian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | U. Westermark, "Overstrikes of Taras on didrachms of Acragas", in O. Mørkholm et N. M. Waggoner (éd.), Greek numismatics and archaeology. Essays in honor of Margaret Thompson, Wetteren, 1979, p. 287-293, j et pl. 36, no 5-6., SNG Deutschland, Munich, Kalabrien-Lukanien 598 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)1 , O. D. Hoover2 |
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. ᵖ: | Agrigentum | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (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. 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 ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
RemarksRemarks: |