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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1968

480 BCE - 430 BCEϘPO (?)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1388 - Croton over Agrigentum.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Agrigentum crab eagle 495 BCE.jpeg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 72, 14 June 2006, 148

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ϘPO (?) (Greek) Tripod. In left field, marsh-bird standing right. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Tripod. Hatching border (incuse)

Mint and issuing power

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

Croton

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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 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: 8.168.16 g <br />8,160 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater (Rutter), tridrachm/nomos (Hoover)	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
		StandardStandard.: Achaian (Hoover)

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Noe 19571Noe 1957, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2102, 2104 and 2106, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1449
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/croton.hn italy.2100-07

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Eagle.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Crab (visible on reverse)

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. 510 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 430 BCE

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 20184Westermark 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:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on an eagle/crab didrachm of Akragas"

References

^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
^ Westermark, Ulla (2018), The coinage of Akragas c. 510-406 BC, 2 vol., Uppsala.

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+|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 72, 14 June 2006, 148
 |Obverse legend=ϘPO (?)
 |Obverse legend language=Greek
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 |Reverse description=Tripod. Hatching border (incuse)
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-|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Bruttium)
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 |Date from=480 BCE
 |Date to=430 BCE
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 |Denomination=stater (Rutter) ; tridrachm/nomos (Hoover)
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+|Coin series reference=Noe 1957; HN Italy, n° 2102, 2104 and 2106 ; HGC 1, n° 1449
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 |Overstruck obverse description=Eagle.
 |Overstruck reverse description=Crab (visible on reverse)
 |Overstruck mint=Agrigentum
-|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
+|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily
+|Overstruck date from=510 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=430 BCE
+|Overstruck denomination=didrachm
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Westermark 2018
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agrigentum.westermark_2018.didrachms_groupe_i-iv
+|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
+|Level of confidence=sure
+|Remarks="Overstruck on an eagle/crab didrachm of Akragas"
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