1857 - Taras (nomos rider/Taras FB 52) over uncertain type (NAC, 25, June 2003, 13)
From SILVER
344 - 340 | TAPAΣ
Images
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | NAC 25 (25/06/2003), no. 13; Giessener Munzhandlung 52 (1990), no. 12 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | A. D. M. collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Youth seated on horse trotting left and leading another beside it in the background. He is crowned by Nike flying left. Beneath horse, ΦΙ. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | TAPAΣ Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on a dolphin to left, striking with his trident a fish swimming below right over waves. In right field, K. |
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 ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.837.83 g <br />7,830 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tridrachm / nomos | |
StandardStandard.: Achaian (Hoover) |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | W. Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent 510-280 v. Chr., Antike Münzen und Geschnittene Steine 14, Berlin-New York, 1999, no. 708b. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | W. Fischer-Bossert1W. Fischer-Bossert, Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent 510-280 v. Chr., Antike Münzen und Geschnittene Steine 14, Berlin-New York, 1999, no. 708b., N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)2N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 872., 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. 770 |
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: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
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Physical description
References
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Additional data
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