2305 - Thurium (nomos Athena/bull) over Corinthian type (Pegasus/Athena) (MacDonald coll., 23)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2305


400 BCE - 350 BCE | ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 1310 - Thurium over uncertain mint.jpg
Overstruck variety
Corinth Aphrodite Pegasus right.jpeg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
1310 Corinthian-type (drawing).jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : David MacDonald collection, n° 23

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Skylla holding trident. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΘΟΥΡΙΩΝ (Greek) Bull charging right. Below, monogram (HP). 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 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: 7.927.92 g <br />7,920 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.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
StandardStandard.: Achaian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2002, p. 64, MacDonald 2009, p. 32-33, n° 23, Garraffo 1984, p. 87, n° 1a (Tav. VIII, n° 8) Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Garraffo 19841Garraffo 1984, p. 87, n° 1a (Tav. VIII, n° 8), SNG ANS 2 Lucania2SNG ANS 2 Lucania, n° 1042, MacDonald 20023MacDonald 2002, p. 64, MacDonald 20094MacDonald 2009, p. 32-33, n° 23, HN Italy5HN Italy, n° 1791c var. (fish on reverse unlisted), HGC 16HGC 1, n° 1260 or 1262
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Pegasus flying right. Below, mintmark (visible on obverse: slight traces, probably back and belly line of Pegasus). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing Corinthian helmet. Probably symbol behind head (visible on reverse: face of Aphrodite and front of helmet).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Corinth Ancient regionAncient region.  Peloponnesus Modern countryModern country: Greece 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. 400 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 350 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : stater Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19907Calciati 1990
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
  2. ^  Troxell, Hyla S. (1972), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 2. Lucania, New York
  3. ^  MacDonald, David (2002), "Sicilian and Southern Italian overstrikes over Pegasoi," Nomismatika Chronika 21, p. 55-64.
  4. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  5. ^  Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
  6. ^  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
  7. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1990), Pegasi, Mortara, Edizioni I.P..