346 BCE - 340 BCE | TAPAΣ
Overstriking coin
SO 1344 - Taras over Leucas.jpg
Overstruck variety
Taras on Corinth (Leukas) - MacDonald 2009, 14 overstruck variety.jpg
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Male character seated on horse left, nude, wearing helmet, holding reins in one hand, spear and shield in the other. Below horse belly, Δ.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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TAPAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, holding trident. Below, K 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. 346 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: 7.857.85 g <br />7,850 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.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Achaian
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Fischer-Bossert 1999, n° 662, MacDonald 2009, p. 16, n° 9
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Fischer-Bossert 19991Fischer-Bossert 1999, group 47, n° 662 (V253/R513), MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 16, n° 9, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 877, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 775
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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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Λ (Greek) Pegasus flying right (visible: slight traces).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Head of Athena right, wearing a Corinthian helmet. Behind, Λ and kerykeion (visible on reverse: outline of portion of helmet and back of neck, Λ and portion of kerykeion).
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Leucas
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Acarnania
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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. 360 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
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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stater
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References
References
- ^ Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ 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..
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