1836 - Taras (nomos Taras/seated oikist) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Oxford, AM, 223)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1836

470 BCE - 425 BCE | TARAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1295 - Taras over Corinth.png

Overstruck variety

Corinth Archaic Pegasus Athena right.jpeg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum

Overstriking coin

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

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:

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

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Corinthian3Corinthian, Traité, ccviii, 10

Additional data

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