1887 - Taras (nomos Taras/shell) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (NAC, P, May 2005, 1023)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 1887


490 BCE - 480 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1326 - Taras over Agrigentum?.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Agrigentum 510-500.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : NAC, P, 12 May 2005, 1023

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to right. Below, shell. Decorated border. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Shell within linear border.
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.028.02 g <br />8,020 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, pl. 36, n° 14 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Westermark 19791Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, pl. 36, n° 14, Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 54, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 834, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 755 (wrong description), HGC 14HGC 1, n° 754-755
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Sea eagle standing left with folded wings ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Crab
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Agrigentum Ancient regionAncient region.  Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : didrachm Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Westermark 20185Westermark 2018
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: "Overstrike of Taras on didrachms of Acragas"

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
  3. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  4. a b  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
  5. ^  Westermark, Ulla (2018), The coinage of Akragas c. 510-406 BC, 2 vol., Uppsala.