3699 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Cambridge, FM, McClean coll. 1598)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3699

475 BCE - 425 BCEΚΑV

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.MC.1598-R
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	McClean collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΚΑV (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. Ornemented border.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Stag standing right.

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: 7.827.82 g <br />7,820 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VI, p. 30, pl. X, g), Grose 1979, p. 190, n° 1598 and pl. 50, n° 11.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, n° 175-180., HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2044, 2046, 2049, 2051-2152, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1419
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/caulonia.hn italy.2044

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:

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

Classical 480-323 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 20184Westermark 2018

Additional data

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