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|Image overstriking coin=SO 115 - Agrigentum (AR didrachm) over uncertain type.png
|Museum collection=Stockholm, 101 163.
|Museum collection=Stockholm, 101 163.
|Obverse legend=ΑΚRΑ
|Obverse legend=ΑΚRΑ
|Obverse legend language=Greek
|Obverse description=Eagle right.
|Obverse description=Eagle right.
|Reverse legend=CAΣ
|Reverse legend=CAΣ
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Crab within incuse circle.
|Reverse description=Crab within incuse circle.
|Mint=Agrigentum
|Mint=Agrigentum
|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
|Ancient region=Sicily
|Date from=480
|Date from=480
|Date to=470
|Date to=470
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=7.82
|Weight=7.82
|Denomination=Didrachm
|Denomination=didrachm
|Standard=Attic
|Standard=Attic
|Coin reference=U. Westermark, "An overstrike of Akragas on Corinth", SchwMünz 35/140 (11/1985), p. 85-87.
|Coin reference=Westermark 1985, p. 85-87.
|Coin series reference=G. K. Jenkins, The Coinage of Gela, Berlin, 1970, Group IV;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 100
|Coin series reference=Jenkins 1970, Group IV; HGC 2, 100
}}
}}

Revision as of 11:23, 20 June 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2286


480 - 470ΑΚRΑ | CAΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 115 - Agrigentum (AR didrachm) over uncertain type.png
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Stockholm, 101 163.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ΑΚRΑ (Greek) Eagle right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: CAΣ (Greek) 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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.827.82 g <br />7,820 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Westermark 1985, p. 85-87. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, Group IV, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 100

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
  2. ^  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.