2125 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 48) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (LHS, May 2009, 14)
From SILVER
344 - 340 | TAPAΣ
Images
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Tarente LHS (05/2009), 14 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Male character seated on horse galloping to right, naked, wearing helmet, holding reins in one hand and shield and spear in other. Below, T. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | TAPAΣ Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on a dolphin to left, holding cantharos. Below, Π over wave pattern. |
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. 344 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 | 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.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7,67",67" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tridrachm / nomos | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 10 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian (Hoover) | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, no. 935., W. Fischer-Bossert2W. Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent 510-280 v. Chr., Antike Münzen und Geschnittene Steine 14, Berlin-New York, 1999, no. 671., O. D. Hoover3O. 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. 776 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Pegasus flying (visible on reverse: leg). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Head of Athena |
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: | 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
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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