2515 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (M&M, 17, 4 Oct. 2005, 148)
From SILVER
352 BCE - 344 BCE | ΑΔΡΑΝIΤΑΝ
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland, 17, 4 Oct. 2005, 148. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Ex coll. R. Calciati |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΔΡΑΝIΤΑΝ (Greek) Cithara within linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Adranum | 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. 352 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 344 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: 7.487.48 g <br />7,480 mg <br /> | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 335, 4OS/10, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 44 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Eagle standing r. on serpent | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Crab, A above, two pellets flanking, two fish below |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Agrigentum | 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. 430 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: | hexas
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 22HGC 2, n° 147 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
| RemarksRemarks: | "überprägt auf Akragas(?) (auf Av. Adler n. l. mit Schlange)" | ||
