2275 - Agrigentum (AE eagle/crab) over Solus (Heracles/shrimp) (Calciati 1996)
From SILVER
415 BCE - 406 BCEΑΚΡΑ
Images
Overstriking coin
Agrigentum_1592_Calciati_1996.jpg
Overstruck variety
Solous_shrimp.jpg [1]
Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΑΚΡΑ (Greek) Eagle standing right, spread wings, tearing at hare in talons. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Crab. Below, 2 dots (value mark). Below, shrimp. |
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. 415 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 406 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.17.1 g <br />7,100 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hexantes | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: litra | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Calciati 1996 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, n° 54, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 140 var. (tetrantes) |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Shrimp and 6 dots. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Solus | 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. 415 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 406 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | hemilitron |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, n° 6, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1248 | ||
| 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: | sure |
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References
- a b Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- 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.
