2630 - Seriphos (didrachm frog/incuse square) over Aegina (turtle/incuse square) (Rago 1962, 2)

From SILVER


530 BCE - 525 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Seriphos.jpg
Overstruck variety
Aegina_550-510.png [1]
Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Frog. Reverse: Incuse square, irregular shape within.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Seriphos Ancient region Cyclades Modern country: Greece Authority:
Chronology
From 530 BCE to 525 BCE Archaic until 480 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Silver Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 11.6511.65 g <br />11,650 mg <br /> Denomination: stater Nomisma.org
Diameter: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> Standard: Aeginetic
References
Coin reference: Rago 1962, p. 5-12 (fig. 2) Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Rago 1962, p. 5-12, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Sheedy 2006, p. 175-176, n° 1-15, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 6, n° 682
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Turtle (visible on obverse). Reverse: Incuse square.
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Aegina Ancient region ᵖ Aegina Modern country: Greece Authority ᵖ:
Chronology
From 550 BCE to 510 BCE Archaic until 480 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data

References

  1. ^  Rago, Riccardo (1962), "Monete greche riconiate", Rivista Italiana de Numismatica e Scienze Affini 64, p. 5-12.
  2. ^  Sheedy, Kenneth A. (2006), The Archaic and Early Classical Coinages of the Cyclades, RNS Spec. Publ. 40, London, viii, 261 p., 20 pl.
  3. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 6 : handbook of coins of the islands: Adriatic, Ionian, Thracian, Aegean, and Carpathian seas (excluding Crete and Cyprus), sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 358 p.