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|Ancient region=Sicily | |Ancient region=Sicily | ||
|Authority=Campanian mercenaries | |||
|Date from=344 BCE | |Date from=344 BCE | ||
|Date to=336 BCE | |Date to=336 BCE | ||
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|Metal=Bronze | |Metal=Bronze | ||
|Weight=33.52 | |Weight=33.52 | ||
|Denomination=drachma | |||
|Coin series reference=Calciati 1987, p. 121, n° 5; HGC 2, n° 47 | |Coin series reference=Calciati 1987, p. 121, n° 5; HGC 2, n° 47 | ||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agyrium.cns_iii.5-10 | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agyrium.cns_iii.5-10 | ||
Latest revision as of 14:30, 1 August 2023
344 BCE - 336 BCEΑΓΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
Agyrium_2557_BnF.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Syracuse SO 2263.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, BnF, 1987.404 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΑΓΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ (Greek) Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Forpart of man-headed bull right. In upper field, ΠΑΛΑΓΚΑΙΟΣ. All within linear border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Agyrium | 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. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 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: 33.5233.52 g <br />33,520 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, p. 121, n° 5, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 47 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΣΥΡΑ (Greek) Head of Athena left, wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with ivy wreath | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Two dolphins flanking stylized starfish |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Syracuse | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Sicily | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Dionysius I of Syracuse (tyrant of Syracuse, c. 400-367 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 405 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 367 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: | drachma
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Calciati 19863Calciati 1986, p 111, n° 62, SNG ANS 5 Sicily4SNG ANS 5 Sicily, n° 454-469, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1436 | ||
| 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: | sure |
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