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

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3699

475 BCE - 425 BCEΚΑV

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1289 - Caulonia over Agrigentum.png

Overstruck variety

Akragas (SO 2269).jpg

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.: 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
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.:

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.

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 20185Westermark 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:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Noe, Sydney P. (1957), "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7, p. 13-42, pl. 5-14.
^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1975), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 3. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 3 (Bruttium-Sicily I: Abacaenum-Eryx), New-York, pl. 38.
^ 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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+|Image overstriking coin=SO 1289 - Caulonia over Agrigentum.png
+|Image overstruck variety=Akragas (SO 2269).jpg
 |Museum collection=Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.MC.1598-R
 |Private collection=McClean collection
 |Obverse legend=ΚΑV
+|Obverse legend language=Greek
 |Obverse description=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.
 |Reverse description=Stag standing right.
 |Mint=Caulonia
-|Ancient region=Magna Graecia (Bruttium)
+|Ancient region=Bruttium
-|Date from=475
+|Date from=475 BCE
-|Date to=425
+|Date to=425 BCE
+|Period=Classical
+|Metal=Silver
 |Weight=7.82
-|Denomination=stater (Rutter)  / tridrachm (Hoover)
+|Denomination=nomos
-|Standard=Achaian (Hoover)
+|Standard=Achaian
-|Coin reference=S. P. Noe, "Overstrikes in Magna Graecia", American Numismatic Society. Museum Notes 7 (1957), p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VI, p. 30, pl. X, g) ; S. W. Grose, Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Volume I. Italy, Sicily, Macedon, Trace, and Thessaly, Chicago, 1979, p. 190, no. 1598 and pl. 50, no. 11.
+|Coin reference=Noe 1957, group VI, p. 30, pl. X, g ; Grose 1979, p. 190, n° 1598 and pl. 50, n° 11.
-|Coin series reference=SNG ANS/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, USA, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society (9 vols.), New York, 1969-1998, no. 175-180. ; N. K. Rutter et alii (eds.), Historia Numorum Italy, London, 2001, no. 2044, 2046, 2049, 2051-2152;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC. - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1, Lancaster-London, 2018, no. 1419
+|Coin series reference=Noe 1957, group VI, p. 30, pl. X, g; SNG ANS 3 Bruttium-Sicily, n° 175-180 ; HN Italy, n° 2044, 2046, 2049, 2051-2152; HGC 1, n° 1419
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/caulonia.hn_italy.2044
+|Overstruck obverse description=Eagle
+|Overstruck reverse description=Crab
 |Overstruck mint=Agrigentum
-|Overstruck ancient region=Magna Graecia (Sicily)
+|Overstruck ancient region=Sicily
+|Overstruck date from=520 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=450 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Classical
+|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=rare and concentrated
+|Level of confidence=sure
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