2005 - Taras (nomos Taras/seated oikist) over Corinth (Pegasus/Athena) (Florence, MA)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2005

450 BCE - 440 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Corinth Archaic Pegasus Athena right.jpeg [1]

Location/history

Museum collection:	Florence, Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on dolphin to right. Below, shell. Border of dots.

Reverse:

Oecist seated left, drapery on legs, holding distaff with right hand and his seat with left hand.

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Taras

Ancient region

Calabria

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Chronology

From 450 BCE to 440 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Silver		Denomination: nomos
		Standard: Achaian

References

Coin reference:	Garraffo 1989, p. 59, 1a et pl. 71, n° 1	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Garraffo 1989, p. 59, 1a et pl. 71, n° 1, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 251, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HN Italy, n° 843-846, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 1, n° 757-759
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/taras.bossert.1999.gr15.gr17

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Pegasus flying right (visible on reverse: inferior part).

Reverse:

Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet (visible on obverse: inferior part of the head).

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Corinth

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus

Modern country: Greece

Authority ^ᵖ:

Chronology

From 510 BCE to 450 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

, Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

stater

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5Ravel 1936, n° 252, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6Calciati 1990
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/corinth.calciati.1990.period ii.class 1-3

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

References

^ Garraffo, Salvatore (1989), "Riconiazioni e cronologie in Magna Grecia", in G. Le Rider et al. (éd.), Kraay-Morkholm essays, Louvain-la-Neuve, p. 59-67, pl. 71.
^ 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
^ Ravel, Oscar E (1936), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome I: de 650 à 415 J.-C., Basel.
^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..