1997 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Numismatica Ars Classica, Q, Apr. 2006, 1150)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1997

425 BCE - 420 BCE | ΤΕΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Terina_H._D._Rauch,_118,_25_June_2024,_109+.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Akragas.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Numismatica Ars Classica, Q, 6 April 2006, 1150 = Rauch, 118, 25 June 2024, 109

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Female head (nymph Terina?) right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΤΕΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ (Greek) Nike seated to left, resting left hand on cippus, holding wreath in right hand.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Terina

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bruttium

Modern countryModern country: Italy

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:

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

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.098.09 g <br />8,090 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HN Italy1HN Italy, n° 2587, HGC 12HGC 1, n° 1747 var. and n° 1751 var.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/terina.hn italy.2585-2595

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Eagle

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Crab

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Agrigentum

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern countryModern country: Italy

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 450 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

, Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

didrachm

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Westermark 20183Westermark 2018
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agrigentum.westermark 2018.didrachms groupe i-iv

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Traces of overstriking"

References

^ 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.