Homer J. Simpson hat geschrieben:1. Münze: Das kann Tarent oder Herakleia sein, schwierig zu entscheiden. Wahrscheinlicher ist Tarent, da
a) die Stücke von Tarent häufiger sind,
b) die aus Herakleia im allgemeinen irgendwo im Feld der Rückseite HE stehen haben.
2. Münze: Auf der Vorderseite ein Frauenkopf, und das Ding, was links hinter ihrem Hals hervorschaut, identifiziert sie. Das ist, wie Du völlig richtig vermutest, ein Köcher, also ist das ein Artemiskopf. Der Dreifuß auf der Rückseite gehört als Symbol zu ihrem Bruder Apollon. Neben dem Dreifuß steht rechts der Stadtname: KNIΔIΩN, Genitiv Plural, also "(Münze) der Knidier". Knidos also. Links wäre ein Magistratenname, auf einem etwas besseren Bild könnte man den evtl. lesen. Notfalls nimmst Du ein Stück Alufolie und drückst den Namen mit den Fingern durch, das kann auch manchmal helfen.
Viele Grüße,
Homer
Noch etwas zu Deiner Bestimmung daß ich im "FORVM`s Classical Numismatics Discussion Board" gefunden habe, vielleicht kennst Du es schon:
How to attribute these uncertain diobols?
Many of these have been attributed to Tarentum correlating them to staters which show the same letters, but there is no
specific pattern to solve the problem, and only by a careful study of the dies will be possible to determine it.
In my researches I've found a publication (thanks to a reference in a footnote to an article by Attilio Stazio, which defines
it an essential contribution to the study of tarentine fractionals) that more than others has helped me to make an initial
distinction between the two mints.
This is the book: "Due tesoretti di monete greche della Magna Grecia" ("Two hoards of Greek coins of Magna Graecia"), by
Laura Breglia, a rare edition of 1939. In the analysis of the Torchiarolo hoard, unusually rich in diobols with
Athena/Herakles in excelent conditions, she compares inscribed diobols with those anepigraph.
She identified some characteristics that allow us to hypothesize some criteria of differentiation between the two mints of
Heraklea and Tarentum.
I translate from pag. 71:
"The two parallel series of diobols that, at least in Taranto, continued until the second half of the third century, have not
only the same types, but are similar enough to suggest that, despite the diversity of the ethnics, they could be minted
materially in a single mint. Actually, however, the differences, however slight, exist between the two sets, and these
differences help us to attribute to two different mints anepigraph specimens, or those in which the legend is out of flan.
Specimens of Taranto are flat and thin so it often appears slightly concave, with the imprint of the divine head on the
convex face, those of Heraclea on the other hand are thicker, almost a lenticular form, and this not only for diobols with
the group of Heracles, but also for the other earliest coinage. The difference, of course, is very light and can be felt
especially in hand, to the touch. Another slight difference is the different alloy of silver.
The generally good preservation of the treasure also allows a stylistic comparison between sets of the two cities, in fact
the dies are very accurate despite their smallness.
The comparison shows that in the tarentine dies the modeling is generally more dry, with a strong tendency to the
representation of the body agile and lean, and enhancement of muscle mass, shown in the contraction or tension of the
struggle. In the dies of Eraclea we can find more plastic representations, heavier and sturdier bodies, in which the
effectiveness of the modeling is not, however, affected by lower agility."
Und das ist tatsächlich so, die Münze ist sehr dünn und fühlt sich konkave an, die Vorderseite aber konvex.
Nochmals vielen, vielen Dank!
Grüße,
Christiane
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