1858 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Savoca Numismatik, EA 21, March 2018, 15)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1858

475 BCE - 425 BCEΚΑVΛ | ΚΑV

Images

Overstriking coin

Caulonia_Savoca_Numismatik,_EA_21,_11_March_2018,_15_.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Akragas (SO 2269).jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Savoca Numismatik, EA 21 Silver Auction, 11 March 2018, 15

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΚΑVΛ (Greek) Apollo advancing right, naked, brandishing laurel branch with right hand, a small daimon running on outstretched left arm. In right field, stag standing right. Decorated border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΚΑV (Greek) Stag standing right. In right field, branch. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Caulonia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bruttium

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. 475 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 425 BCE

Classical 480-323 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: 7.77.7 g <br />7,700 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Noe 19581Noe 1958, Group F, n° 98 (same dies), SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily2SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 175-180., HN Italy3HN Italy, 2001, n° 2044, 2046, 2049, 2051-2152, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1419
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/caulonia.hn italy.2046

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Crab

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eagle

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. 520 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 450 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:	Westermark 20185Westermark 2018
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agrigentum.westermark 2018.didrachms groupe i-iv

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike