2034 - Thurium (di-nomos Athena/bull) over uncertain type (NAC, 46, Apr. 2008, 801)
From SILVER
400 - 300 | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | NAC 46 (02/04/2008), no. 801. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding rudder-oar over shoulder and a griffin on neck-guard. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ Bull charging right. In exergue, fish right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Thurium | Ancient regionAncient region. | Magna Graecia (Lucania) | 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. 400 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 300 | 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: 15.4615.46 g <br />15,460 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: distater (Rutter, Hoover) | |
| 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. 964., N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.)2N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, unlisted, 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. 1254 |
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
| 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: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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