21883 - Agyrium (AE Heracles/panther) over Morgantina (Athena/lion) (Nomos, 30, Nov. 2023, 1072)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 21883


344 BCE - 339 BCE | [AΓYPINAIΩN]

Images
Overstriking coin
Agyrium_Nomos, _30, _6_Nov._2023, _1072.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Morgantina Athena Lion.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Nomos, 30, 6 Nov. 2023, 1072. From the Dr. Paul Peter Urone Collection, ex Kunker 133, 11 October 2007, 7121, Leu Numismatics 57, 25 May 1993, 16, Auctiones 17, 7 June 1988, 29, and Monnaies et Médailles 61, 7 October 1982, 33.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the Dr. Paul Peter Urone Collection,

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of young Herakles to right, wearing tainia and with his lion's skin tied around his neck ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: [AΓYPINAIΩN] (Greek) Panther standing to right, devouring the head of a stag held in forepaws
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Agyrium Ancient regionAncient region. Sicily 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: Campanian mercenaries
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 339 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.4616.46 g <br />16,460 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 1167, Castrizio 20002Castrizio 2000, Series V, 1 (D1/R2), HGC 23HGC 2, n° 50

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΜΟΡΓΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Helmeted head of Athena r. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Lion r., devouring head of stag, monogram in exergue
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Morgantina Ancient regionAncient region.  Sicily Modern countryModern country: Italy AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 BCE Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : dilitron
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Calciati 19874Calciati 1987, p. 243, n° 1, SNG ANS 4 Sicily1SNG ANS 4 Sicily, n° 466-467, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 904
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. a b  Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
  2. ^  Castrizio, Daniele (2000), La monetazione mercenariale in Sicilia. Strategie economiche e territoriali tra Dionisio I e Timoleonte, Catanzaro, Soveria Mannelli, 126 p. and 18 pl.
  3. a b  Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
  4. ^  Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.