343 BCE - 340 BCE | TAPAΣ
Overstriking coin
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Numismatica Ars Classica 13, 8 October 1998, 86 = Leu Numismatik AG, 6, 23 Oct. 2020, 33 = Künker, 416, 29 Oct. 2024, 1519
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From the Kleinkunst Collection and from the collection of A. D. Moretti
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Youth on horse right, crowning horse, below a second youth examines horse's hoof, in right field, Φ
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated sideways on dolphin left, holding oinoche in one hand and trident and shield in other. Below, E and wave pattern.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Taras
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Calabria
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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. 343 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 340 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: 7.797.79 g <br />7,790 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.: 44 mm <br />0.4 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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TEPI-NAION around (Greek) Head of the nymph Terina right, hair in ampyx and tied into knot, tiny f behind neck
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Nike, wings spread, holding kerykeion in right hand, wreath in left, seated left on stele
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Terina
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Bruttium
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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. 425 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 420 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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nomos
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References
References
- ^ Troxell, Hyla S. (1972), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The collection of the American Numismatic Society. Part 2. Lucania, New York
- ^ Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] 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
- a b Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ BMC Bruttium
- ^ Regling, Kurt (1906), Terina, Winckelmannsfeste der Archaeologischen Gesellschaft 66, Berlin, 80 p., 3 pl.
