1846 - Taras (nomos Taras/wheel FB 4) over uncertain type (CNG, 70, Sept. 2005, 9)
From SILVER
479 BCE - 470 BCETAPAΣ
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, 70, 21 Sept. 2005, 9 = Triton, XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, 7 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Gasvoda collection ; Ed. J. Waddell collection (inv. 51057) ; W. N. Rudman collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, hands outstretched. Below, shell. Decorated border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Four-spoked wheel. |
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. 479 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC 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: 8.128.12 g <br />8,120 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Achaian |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Ravel 19471 , Fischer-Bossert 19992 , HN Italy3 , HGC 14 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
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 concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
RemarksRemarks: | "overstruck on uncertain type" |
References
- ^ Ravel, Oscar E. (1990), Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Tarentine coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, London, Spink
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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