490 BCE - 480 BCEΤΑΡΑΣ | TAPAΣ
Overstriking coin
SO 1324 - Taras over Corinth or Agrigentum.png
Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΤΑΡΑΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to right, holding octopus. Decorated border.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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TAPAΣ (Greek) Hippocamp right. Below, shell. Border of rays.
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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. 490 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE
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Archaic until 480 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: 8.048.04 g <br />8,040 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
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StandardStandard.: Achaian
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, e et pl. 36, n° 10, SNG Lewis 122, "Caulonia", p. 71 n° 1c (wrongly reffered to as SNG Fitzwilliam 254)
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Westermark 19791Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, e et pl. 36, n° 10, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 827, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 753.
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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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Eagle
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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crab
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Agrigentum
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Sicily
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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. 510 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE
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Archaic until 480 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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didrachm
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StandardStandard. ᵖ:
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Attic
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References
References
- ^ Westermark, Ulla (1979), "Overstrikes of Taras on didrachms of Acragas", in Otto Mørkholmand Nancy M. Waggoner (eds.), Greek numismatics and archaeology. Essays in honor of Margaret Thompson, Wetteren, p. 287-293, pl. 36.
- ^ 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
- ^ Westermark, Ulla (2018), The coinage of Akragas c. 510-406 BC, 2 vol., Uppsala.
