17513 - Taras (AR nomos rider/Taras) over uncertain type (Stack's Bowers Galleries, Jan. 2022, 4033)
From SILVER
280 BCE - 272 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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2433 - Taras (AR nomos) over uncertain type.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), NYINC Auction, 14 Jan. 2022, lot 4033 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Mark and Lottie Salton Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | The Dioskouroi on horses rearing left, monogram above, [ΣΩ]ΔAMOΣ below | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Phalanthos, holding crowning Nike, two spears, and shield decorated with hippocamp, riding dolphin left, ΓY to left, waves below |
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. 280 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 272 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 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: 6.556.55 g <br />6,550 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 773-9, HN Italy2HN Italy, n°1011, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 885 | |
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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: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
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References
- ^ Ravel, Oscar E. (1990), Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Tarentine coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, London, Spink
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
