1880 - Taras (nomos Dioscuri/Taras) over uncertain type (Ira & Larry Goldberg, 65, Sept. 2011, 4037)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1880

280 BCE - 272 BCE | TAPAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1352 - Taras over uncertain mint.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Ira & Larry Goldberg, 65, 6 Sept. 2011, 4037

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

The Dioskouroi seated on horses to left. Below, ΣΩΔΑΜΟΣ.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, holding Nike right crowning him and shield decorated with hippocamp and two spears. Il left field, ΓΥ. Below, wave pattern.

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. 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.546.54 g <br />6,540 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:	SNG ANS 2 Lucania1SNG ANS 2 Lucania, n° 1124., HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1011, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 885
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.hn italy.999-1014

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:
RemarksRemarks:	"Possibly overstruck on an earlier coin which can be discerned at center of reverse"

References

^ Troxell, Hyla S. (1972), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 2. Lucania, New York
^ 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