355 BCE - 340 BCE | TAPAΣ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Sotheby's, L, 24 Feb. 1904, 113
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Locker Lampson collection, n° 12; Lisbon, Gulbenkian, n° 28
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Male character seated on horse left, nude, wearing helmet, holding reins in one hand, spear and shield in the other. Below horse belly, Δ.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, holding trident. Below, K and wave pattern.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Taras
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Calabria
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 355 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 BCE
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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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.957.95 g <br />7,950 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
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StandardStandard.: Achaian
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Noe 1957, Group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, h, Fischer-Bossert 1999, Group 47, n° 662b (V253-R513)
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Noe 19571Noe 1957, Group VII, p. 32, pl. XI, h, Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, Group 47, n° 662b (V253-R513), HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 877, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 775
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Pegasus flying.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Athena.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Corinth
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Peloponnesus
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 BCE
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Classical 480-323 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:
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stater
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References
References
- ^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
- ^ 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
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
