2150 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Berlin, MK - Westermark 1979, n° 17)
From SILVER
500 - 495ΑΚRΑ
Images
Overstriking coin
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SO 114 - Agrigentum (AR didrachm) over Corinth.png
Overstruck variety
Corinth Athena incuse square.jpeg [1]
Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΑΚRΑ (Greek) Eagle left. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Crab. |
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. 500 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 495 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver 
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, pl. 36, n° 17. | 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° 926, Jenkins 19702Jenkins 1970, Group II c, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 93 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena, wearing a Corinthian helmet, within incuse square. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Corinth | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Peloponnesus | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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
| 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: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 2. Handbook of the Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara). Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues. Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, 489 p.
