25061 - Agrigentum (AE eagle/crab) over uncertain type (Rauch, EA 43, Apr. 2024, 129)
From SILVER
415 BCE - 406 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Agrigentum_Rauch_GmbH,_EA_43,_3_Apr._2024,_129.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Lanz, 82, 1997, 53 = Rauch, EA 43, 3 Apr. 2024, 129 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Eagle right, raising head and clutching hare in its talons | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Crab, above, fig leaf, below, Triton swimming to left and holding a shell, around, six pellets |
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.
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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: 27.0927.09 g <br />27,090 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemilitra
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Westermark 20181Westermark 2018, p. 205-246, n° 612-800 | |
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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: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Überprägungsspuren" | ||
References
- ^ Westermark, Ulla (2018), The coinage of Akragas c. 510-406 BC, 2 vol., Uppsala.
