409 BCE - 406 BCE | ΑΚΡΑΓ-ΑΝΤOΣ (retrograde)
Overstriking coin
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Nymph, with her robes billowing behind her, driving quadriga galloping to right, about to turn, above, Nike flying left to crown the charioteer, in the exergue, ketos to right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΑΚΡΑΓ-ΑΝΤOΣ (retrograde) (Greek) Two eagles standing right on a dead hare lying on a rock, the closer eagle has closed wings and his head raised in triumph, while the further has open wings and his head bent down to tear at the hare
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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. 409 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 406 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: 17.3017.3 g <br />17,300 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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StandardStandard.: Attic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Forepart of horse advancing right, above, Nike flying right, crowning horse with open wreath held in both hands, barley grain to right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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QRT ḤDŠT ("Carthage" in Punic) (Punic) Palm tree with two date clusters
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 407 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 398 BCE
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Classical 480-323 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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tetradrachm
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References
References
- ^ 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.
