1953 - Thurium (nomos Athena/bull) over uncertain type (CNG, 87, May 2011, 142)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1953

400 BCE - 350 BCE | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1318 - Thurium over uncertain mint.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, 87, 18 May 2011, 142
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	C. E. Pitchfork Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding oar and scanning.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Bull butting right. Above, I. In exergue, fish right.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Thurium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Lucania

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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 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: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS 2 Lucania1SNG ANS 2 Lucania, n° 1052 corr. (I not noted, same dies), HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 1794c-1795, 1820, 1828-1831, 1836, 1843, 1862, 1870, 1872 (Skylla on helmet on obverse/fish on reverse: 1794d?, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1260 or 1262
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/thurium.hn italy.1784-1795

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:	"overstruck on uncertain type"

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