344 BCE - 339 BCE | [AΓYPINAIΩN]
Overstriking coin
Agyrium_Nomos, _30, _6_Nov._2023, _1072.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Morgantina Athena Lion.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Nomos, 30, 6 Nov. 2023, 1072. From the Dr. Paul Peter Urone Collection, ex Kunker 133, 11 October 2007, 7121, Leu Numismatics 57, 25 May 1993, 16, Auctiones 17, 7 June 1988, 29, and Monnaies et Médailles 61, 7 October 1982, 33.
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From the Dr. Paul Peter Urone Collection,
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of young Herakles to right, wearing tainia and with his lion's skin tied around his neck
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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[AΓYPINAIΩN] (Greek) Panther standing to right, devouring the head of a stag held in forepaws
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Agyrium
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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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Campanian mercenaries
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 339 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.4616.46 g <br />16,460 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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ΜΟΡΓΑΝΤΙΝΩΝ (Greek) Helmeted head of Athena r.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Lion r., devouring head of stag, monogram in exergue
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Morgantina
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Sicily
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Modern countryModern country: Italy
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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. 344 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 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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dilitron
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References
References
- a b Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 4. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Sicily 2 (Galaria - Styella), New York, 1977, 25 pl.
- ^ Castrizio, Daniele (2000), La monetazione mercenariale in Sicilia. Strategie economiche e territoriali tra Dionisio I e Timoleonte, Catanzaro, Soveria Mannelli, 126 p. and 18 pl.
- a b 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.
- ^ Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
