17489 - Taras (nomos Taras/hippocamp) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Triton, V, Jan. 2002, 1025)
From SILVER
490 BCE - 480 BCE | TAPA
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Sotheby's, 3 Feb. 1909, 20 = Kricheldorf, XV, 16 June 1965, 1897 = Christie's, New York, 2 May 1989, 604 = Triton V, 15 Jan. 2002, 1025 = Nomos, 27, 23 May 2023, 1006 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | R. Schonwalter collection ; M. P. Vlasto and F. S. Benson collections |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | A Phalanthos, nude, riding dolphin to right, his left arm outstretched to right and with his hand open, and holding behind him, in his left hand, an octopus, cable border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | TAPA (Greek) Hippocamp to right, below, scallop shell downwards, border of rays. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Taras | Ancient regionAncient region. | 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. 490 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE | Archaic until 480 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: 7.997.99 g <br />7,990 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, d et pl. 36, n° 7, Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 45d (V19/R36) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Westermark 19791Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, d et pl. 36, n° 7, Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 45d (V19/R36), HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 827 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Eagle r. (Visible on the reverse: outline of the eagle's body) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Crab (visible on the obverse: part of crab's shell and legs and traces of a corn grain?) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Agrigentum | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sicily | Modern countryModern country: Italy | 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. 510 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE | Archaic until 480 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: | didrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ: | Attic |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Westermark 19791Westermark 1979, p. 288 d and pl. 36, 7 (this coin), Westermark 20184Westermark 2018, Group III | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on a didrachm from Akragas" | ||
References
- a b Westermark, Ulla (1979), "Overstrikes of Taras on didrachms of Acragas", in Otto Mørkholmand Nancy M. Waggoner (eds.), Greek numismatics and archaeology. Essays in honor of Margaret Thompson, Wetteren, p. 287-293, pl. 36.
- ^ Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Westermark, Ulla (2018), The coinage of Akragas c. 510-406 BC, 2 vol., Uppsala.
