400 BCE - 350 BCE | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
Overstriking coin
SO 1319 - Thurium over uncertain mint.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Corinth Aphrodite Pegasus right.jpeg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, EA 372, 6 Apr. 2016, 5
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. Above, oliv branch. In exergue, fish right.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Thurium
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Lucania
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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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 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: 7.817.81 g <br />7,810 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 88 mm <br />0.8 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Achaian
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 1794c-1795, 1820, 1828-1831, 1836, 1843, 1862, 1870, 1872 var. (Skylla on helmet on obverse/fish on reverse) or no. 1793 var. (oliv branch but no fish), HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1260 or 1262
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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 right (visible on reverse: leg).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet.
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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. 410 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 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
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and spread
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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strong
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| RemarksRemarks:
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nb: no mention of overstrike (but over Corinthian type: leg of Pegasus visible over bull on reverse)
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References
- ^ 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..
