1759 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (London, BM, 1946-1-1.754)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 1759

440 BCE - 425 BCEΤΕΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 1201 - Terina over Agrigentum.png

Overstruck variety

Akragas.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1946-1-1.754
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Lloyd collection, n° 754

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΤΕΡΙΝΑΙΟΝ (Greek) Female head (nymph Terina?) right, wearing sphendone.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Nike seated left, resting left hand on cippus, holding wreath in right hand. At feet, pomegrenate.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Terina

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. 440 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: 7.767.76 g <br />7,760 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos
		StandardStandard.: Achaian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	SNG Lloyd 1, n° 754, Noe 1957, p. 13-42, pl. V-XIV (group VIII, p. 35, pl. XII, q).	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Noe 19571Noe 1957, p. 35, pl. XII, q, HN Italy2HN Italy, n° 2574-2580, HGC 13HGC 1, n° 1747 var. and n° 1751 var.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/terina.hn italy.2574-2580

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.. 440 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

, 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
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 spread	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.
^ 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.