470 BCE - 425 BCE | TARAΣ
Overstriking coin
SO 1295 - Taras over Corinth.png
Overstruck variety
Corinth Archaic Pegasus Athena right.jpeg
[1]
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
|
Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on dolphin to left, arms outrechts. Above, ?. Below, shell.
|
ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
|
TARAΣ (Greek) Oecist seated left, drapery on legs, holding distaff with right hand and his seat with left hand.
|
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. 470 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 BCE
|
periodTime period of the numismatic object.
|
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
|
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.967.96 g <br />7,960 mg <br />
|
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos / tridrachm
|
|
|
StandardStandard.: Achaian
|
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
|
Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, e)., Ravel 1947, n° 301?
|
Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
|
HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 843-846, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 757-759
|
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:
|
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
References
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Corinthian