2275 - Agrigentum (AE eagle/crab) over Solus (Heracles/shrimp) (Calciati 1996)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2275

415 BCE - 406 BCEΑΚΡΑ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΑΚΡΑ (Greek) Eagle standing right, spread wings, tearing at hare in talons.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Crab. Below, 2 dots (value mark). Below, shrimp.

Mint and issuing power

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

Agrigentum

Ancient regionAncient region.

Sicily

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. 415 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 406 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.17.1 g <br />7,100 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hexantes	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: litra

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Calciati 1996	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, n° 54, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 140 var. (tetrantes)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agrigentum.sng ans 3.824

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Shrimp and 6 dots.

Mint and issuing power

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

Solus

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. 415 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 406 BCE

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:

hemilitron

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Calciati 19871Calciati 1987, n° 6, HGC 22HGC 2, n° 1248
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/solus.puglisi 2009.288

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

a b Calciati, Romolo (1987), Corpus nummorum siculorum. La monetazione di bronzo/The bronze coinage, vol. 3, Milan, Edizioni G. M.
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.