2275 - Agrigentum (AE eagle/crab) over Solus (Heracles/shrimp) (Calciati 1996)
From SILVER
425 - 410ΑΚΡΑ
Images
Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ΑΚΡΑ Eagle standing right, spread wings, tearing at hare in talons. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Crab. Below, 2 dots (value mark). Below, shrimp. |
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. 425 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 410 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.17.1 g <br />7,100 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hexantes | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 5-6 h"-6h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: litra |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | R. Calciati, "Un bronzo di Akragas della serie aquila-granchio riconiato su Solous", Numismatica e Antichità Classiche 25 (1996), p. 71-82. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | R. Calciati1R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum. The Bronze Coinage, Milan, 1983-1987, vol. III, no. 54, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Sicily (including Lipara), Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 2, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 140 var. (tetrantes) |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Shrimp and 6 dots. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Solus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Magna Graecia (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. 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: | hemilitron |
References
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Additional data
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