3699 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Cambridge, FM, McClean coll. 1598)
From SILVER
475 BCE - 425 BCEΚΑV
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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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.: nomos | |
| StandardStandard.: Achaian | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Noe 1957, 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: | Noe 19571Noe 1957, group VI, p. 30, pl. X, g, SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily2SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 175-180, HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 2044, 2046, 2049, 2051-2152, HGC 14HGC 1, n° 1419 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Eagle | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Crab |
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.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | didrachm
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Westermark 20185Westermark 2018 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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