20975 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over uncertain type (London, BM - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVI, 12)
From SILVER
480 BCE - 460 BCEΑΚPΑ
Images
Overstriking coin
Agrigentum_Londres_XVI_12.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, BM | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | SNG Lloyd, n° 796 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΑΚPΑ (Greek) Eagle right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Crab within incuse circle. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Agrigentum | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 460 BCE | Classical 480-323 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: 8.348.34 g <br />8,340 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, Group IV, Westermark 19852Westermark 1985, p. 85-87, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 100 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | traces of an incuse square | ||
References
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
- ^ Westermark, Ulla (1985), "An overstrike of Akragas on Corinth", Schweizer Münzblätter 140 (Nov.), p. 85-87.
- ^ 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.
