211 BCE - 201 BCE | ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, EA 488, 24 March 2021, 51
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From the Ray Johnson Collection, purchased from Irv Caroll, 1965.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Athena left, wearing helmet decorated with griffin
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΡΗΓΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Athena Nikephoros standing facing, head left, thunderbolt and Π (mark of value) to left
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Rhegium
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Bruttium
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 211 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 201 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 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: 6.336.33 g <br />6,330 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Crab
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Eagle
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Agrigentum
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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
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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:
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hexas
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References
References
- ^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1975), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 3. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3 (Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx), New-York, pl. 38.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1983), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 1, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
- ^ Westermark, Ulla (2018), The coinage of Akragas c. 510-406 BC, 2 vol., Uppsala.
- ^ 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.
