Nondestructive Analysis of Silver Coins Minted in Taras (South Italy) between the V and the III Centuries BC

Table 1

Chronology of coins analysed in this project. The coins are marked in accordance with recovery site and progressive number position in collection drawers of the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto and dated according to the classification performed by Fischer-Bossert [26]. For group III also the oldest Evans classification and chronology are reported by Evans [31]. Regarding Corinto and Arpi’s fraction coins they are dated according to Spagnoli [40] and Siciliano [41], respectively.

Heap label	Coin mark	Chronology	References
I-1	Rutigliano 1	500–490 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-1	Rutigliano 2	490–480 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-1	Rutigliano 3; 4	480–470 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-1	Torchiarolo, 1927: 2	470–455 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-1	Carosino 1	465–455 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-2	Montegranaro 5	450 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-2	Torchiarolo, 1926: 3, Montegranaro 2; 3; 4	450–440 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-2	Montegranaro 6, Torchiarolo, 1926: 4	445–440 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-2	Carosino 3; 4, Maruggio 1	430–425 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-2	Carosino 2, Taranto V. Oberdan 1; 2	430–425 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-3	Torchiarolo, 1927: 3	390–385 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-3	Taranto Corti Vecchie 1; 2; 9; 10; 11; 12	365–355 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
I-3	Taranto Corti Vecchie 3; 4; 6; 8; 14	365–355 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
II	Carosino 22; 24; 26	333–331/0 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
II	Carosino 32; 33; 34; 35	333–331/0 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
II	Carosino 27; 28; 29; 31	333–331/0 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
III-1	Parabita 16; 18; 20; 23; 24	315–300 BC	Fischer-Bossert 1999 [26]
		302–281 BC	Evans 1889 [31]
III-2	Parabita 34; 35	281–272 BC	Evans 1889 [31]
C	Mesagne 1	340–310 BC	Spagnoli 1993 [40]
C	Mesagne 2	305–295 BC	Spagnoli 1993 [40]
C	Mesagne 3	305–295 BC	Spagnoli 1993 [40]
A	Torchiarolo, 1926: 1	279–241 BC	Siciliano 1995 [41]