350 BCE - 300 BCE | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
Overstriking coin
SO 1315 - Thurium over Leucas.jpg
Overstruck variety
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1315 Corinth (drawing).jpg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. Below, Z. In exergue, fish right.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Thurium
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Magna Graecia (Lucania)
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 350 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 BCE
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Classical 480-323 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: 7.777.77 g <br />7,770 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater (Rutter), didrachm / nomos (Hoover)
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Achaian (Hoover)
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Pegasus flying right (visible on obverse: portions of wing and line of back visible on face and neck guard).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Aphrodite right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Behind, Λ and kerykeion (visible on reverse: back of helmet, neck guard, Λ, kerykeion).
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Leucas
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Acarnania
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 360 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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stater
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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
- ^ BMC
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
- ^ Carter, Candace (1993), "The staters of Leucas : a numismatic and historical study", in: La monetazione corinzia in Occidente : atti del IX Convegno del Centro internazionale di studi numismatici, Napoli, 27-28 ottobre 1986, p. 35-42.
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