2286 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over uncertain type (Westermark 1985, Stockholm, n° 101, 163)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2286

480 BCE - 470 BCEΑΚPΑ | CAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Stockholm, 101 163.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΑΚPΑ (Greek) Eagle right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

CAΣ (Greek) Crab within incuse circle.

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. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 470 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.827.82 g <br />7,820 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: didrachm
		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Westermark 1985, p. 85-87	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Jenkins 19701Jenkins 1970, Group IV, Westermark 19852Westermark 1985, p. 85-87, HGC 23HGC 2, n° 100
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/agrigentum.westermark 2018.didrachms groupe i-iv

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Jenkins, Gilbert Kenneth (1970), The Coinage of Gela, AMUGS II, 2 vol., Berlin
^ Westermark, Ulla (1985), "An overstrike of Akragas on Corinth", Schweizer Münzblätter 140 (Nov.), p. 85-87.
^ 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.