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

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 2275

415 BCE - 406 BCEΑΚΡΑ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

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

Reverse:

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

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Agrigentum

Ancient region

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority:

Chronology

From 415 BCE to 406 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 7.17.1 g <br />7,100 mg <br />	Denomination: hexantes	Axis: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
Diameter: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />		Standard: litra

References

Coin reference:	Calciati 1996	Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Calciati 1987, n° 54, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 140 var. (tetrantes)
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agrigentum.sng ans 3.824

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head of Herakles right.

Reverse:

Shrimp and 6 dots.

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Solus

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Sicily

Modern country: Italy

Authority ^ᵖ:

Chronology

From 415 BCE to 406 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

hemilitron

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.]]1Calciati 1987, n° 6, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 2, n° 1248
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/solus.puglisi 2009.288

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidence:	sure
Remarks:

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.