500 BCE - 480 BCEΑΚRΑCANTOΣ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Corinth Athena incuse square.jpeg
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| Museum collectionMuseum collection:
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Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Kricheldorf, 28, 18-19 June 1974, 34 = Münzen & Medaillen, 52, 19 June 1975, 70
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΑΚRΑCANTOΣ (Greek) Eagle left.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Crab.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Agrigentum
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 500 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE
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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: 8.708.7 g <br />8,700 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, pl. 36, n° 15, Garraffo 1984, p. 133, n° 1, pl. XVI, n° 10
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, Group Ia or Id, Westermark 19792Westermark 1979, p. 287-293, pl. 36, n° 15, Garraffo 19843Garraffo 1984, p. 133, n° 1, pl. XVI, n° 10, SNG ANS 3 Sicily4SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 905-18, HGC 25HGC 2, n° 87 or 90
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| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Athena, wearing a Corinthian helmet, within incuse square.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Pegasus flying.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Corinth
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Peloponnesus
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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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.. 480 BCE
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Archaic until 480 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:
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didrachm
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References
References
- ^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
- ^ Westermark, Ulla (1979), "Overstrikes of Taras on didrachms of Acragas", in Otto Mørkholmand Nancy M. Waggoner (eds.), Greek numismatics and archaeology. Essays in honor of Margaret Thompson, Wetteren, p. 287-293, pl. 36.
- ^ Garraffo, Salvatore (1984), Le riconiazioni in Magna Grecia e in Sicilia. Emissioni argentee dal VI al IV secolo a.C., Catania.
- ^ SNG ANS 3 Sicily
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ravel, Oscar E (1936), Les "Poulains" de Corinthe : monographie des statères corinthiens. Tome I: de 650 à 415 J.-C., Basel.
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