2150 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Berlin, MK - Westermark 1979, n° 17)

Coin reference:	Westermark 1979, p. 292, pl. 36, n° 17, Garraffo 1984, p. 133, n° 3, pl. XVI, n° 11	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Westermark 1979, p. 292, pl. 36, n° 17, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Garraffo 1984, p. 133, n° 3, pl. XVI, n° 11, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SNG ANS 3 Sicily, n° 926, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4Jenkins 1970, Group II c, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5HGC 2, n° 93
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agrigentum.westermark 2018.didrachms groupe i-iv

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Pegasus flying.

Reverse:

Head of Athena, wearing a Corinthian helmet, within incuse square.

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Corinth

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Peloponnesus

Modern country: Greece

Authority ^ᵖ:

Chronology

From 510 BCE to 480 BCE

Archaic ^{until 480 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

didrachm

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:

"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6Ravel 1936, Group II

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

References

^ 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
^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
^ 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.