2150 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Berlin, MK - Westermark 1979, n° 17)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2150

500 BCE - 495 BCEΑΚRΑ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Berlin, MK

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΑΚRΑ (Greek) Eagle left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Crab.

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. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 495 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 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: 8.608.6 g <br />8,600 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Westermark 1979, p. 292, pl. 36, n° 17, Garraffo 1984, p. 133, n° 3, pl. XVI, n° 11	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Westermark 19791Westermark 1979, p. 292, pl. 36, n° 17, Garraffo 19842Garraffo 1984, p. 133, n° 3, pl. XVI, n° 11, SNG ANS 3 Sicily3SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 926, Jenkins 19704Jenkins 1970, Group II c, HGC 25HGC 2, n° 93
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agrigentum.westermark 2018.didrachms groupe i-iv

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Pegasus flying.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Head of Athena, wearing a Corinthian helmet, within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

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

Corinth

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 510 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 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:

Ravel 19366Ravel 1936, Group II

Additional data

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

References

^ Westermark, Ulla (1979), "Overstrikes of Taras on didrachms of Acragas", in Otto Mørkholmand Nancy M. Waggoner (eds.), Greek numismatics and archaeology. Essays in honor of Margaret Thompson, Wetteren, p. 287-293, pl. 36.
^ Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
^ SNG ANS 3 Sicily
^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
^ 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.
^ Ravel, Oscar E (1936), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome I: de 650 à 415 J.-C., Basel.