400 BCE - 350 BCE | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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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 holding rudder-oar over shoulder.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. 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: 7.707.7 g <br />7,700 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Achaian
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Price 1973, p. 66-71, n° 8
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Price 19731Price 1973, p. 66-71, n° 8, 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
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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.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet. In left field, a statue of Poseidon.
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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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..
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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
References
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1973-1974), "Recent acquisitions of Greek coins by the British Museum", Archaeological Reports 20, p. 66-71.
- ^ 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. (1948), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome II: (de 414 à 300 J. C.), London, 310 p., 54 pls.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..
