2286 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over uncertain type (Westermark 1985, Stockholm, n° 101, 163)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2286

480 - 470ΑΚRΑ | CAΣ

Images

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Stockholm, 101 163.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΑΚRΑ Eagle right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

CAΣ Crab within incuse circle.

Mint and issuing power

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

Agrigentum

Ancient regionAncient region.

Magna Graecia (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.:	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
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

U. Westermark, "An overstrike of Akragas on Corinth", SchwMünz 35/140 (11/1985), p. 85-87.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

G. K. Jenkins1G. K. Jenkins, The Coinage of Gela, Berlin, 1970, Group IV, O. D. Hoover2O. 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

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. ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. 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 ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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