Agrigentum

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 313

The mint at the ancient site of Agrigentum in Sicily.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Agrigentum, silver, didrachms (eagle/crab) (510-495 BCE)		Silver	6,429 kg
Agrigentum, silver, didrachms (eagle/crab) (495-485 BCE)		Silver	4,682 kg
Agrigentum, silver, didrachms (eagle/crab) (488/485-480/478 BCE)		Silver	2,979 kg
Agrigentum, silver, didrachms (eagle/crab) (480/478-470 BCE)		Silver	1,957 kg
Agrigentum, silver, tetradrachms (eagle/crab) (470-440 BCE)		Silver	6,619 kg
Agrigentum, silver, didrachms (eagle/crab) (450-440 BCE)		Silver	167 kg
Agrigentum, silver, pentalitrai (crab/eagle) (450-440 BCE)		Silver	164 kg
Agrigentum, silver, litrai (eagle/crab) (450-440 BCE)		Silver	905 kg
Agrigentum, silver, tetradrachms (eagle on hare)/crab & fish) (420-410 BCE)		Silver	664 kg
Agrigentum, silver, hemidrachms (eagle on hare/crab and fish) (420-410 BCE)		Silver	878 kg
Agrigentum, bronze, hemilitrai (eagle on hare/crab & Triton) (415-406 BCE)		Bronze
Agrigentum, bronze, tetrantes (eagle on serpent/crab & crayfish) (415-406 BCE)		Bronze
Agrigentum, bronze, hexantes (eagle on fish/crab & fish) (415-406 BCE)		Bronze
Agrigentum, bronze, onkiai (eagle on fish/crab & fish) (415-406 BCE)		Bronze
Agrigentum, silver, tetradrachms (quadriga/eagles on hare) (410-406 BCE)		Silver	2,363 kg
S 1503 - Agrigentum, silver, didrachms (410-406 BCE)		Silver	375 kg
Agrigentum, silver, drachms (eagles on hare/crab & crayfish) (410-406 BCE)		Silver	82 kg
Agrigentum, silver, litrai (eagle on hare/crab) (410-406 BCE)		Silver	61 kg
Agrigentum, silver, decadrachms (quadriga/eagles on hare) (408-406 BCE)		Silver	1,966 kg
Agrigentum, gold, dilitrai (eagle on hare/crab) (406 BCE)		Gold	1,016 kg
Agrigentum (Sissena), bronze, 8g (Augustus/SISENNA in a laurel wreath) (22-21 BCE)		Bronze
Agrigentum (Mussidius), bronze, 8g (Augustus/MVSSIDI in a laurel wreath) (22-21 BCE)		Bronze

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
20972 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over uncertain type (Leu, EA 14, Dec. 2020, 94)		Silver	500 BC JL
1695 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Spink, 3014, Oct. 2004, 4)		Silver	500 BC JL
2150 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Berlin, MK - Westermark 1979, n° 17)		Silver	500 BC JL
1976 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over Corinth (Athena/Pegasus) (Kricheldorf 28, June 1974, 34)		Silver	500 BC JL
20969 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over uncertain type (CNG, Keystone Auction 11, March 2023, 46)		Silver	500 BC JL
2286 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over uncertain type (Westermark 1985, Stockholm, n° 101, 163)		Silver	480 BC JL
20975 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over uncertain type (London, BM - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVI, 12)		Silver	480 BC JL
1933 - Agrigentum (didrachm eagle/crab) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 358, Aug. 2015, 9)		Silver	480 BC JL
25061 - Agrigentum (AE eagle/crab) over uncertain type (Rauch, EA 43, Apr. 2024, 129)		Bronze	415 BC JL
2275 - Agrigentum (AE eagle/crab) over Solus (Heracles/shrimp) (Calciati 1996)		Bronze	415 BC JL
20978 - Agrigentum (tetradrachm quadriga/eagles) over Siculo-Punic (uncertain mint) (horse/palm tree) (Leu 1972 - Garraffo 1984, pl. XVI, 13)		Silver	409 BC JL
2488 - Agrigentum (AE Zeus/eagles) over Syracuse (Agathocles) (Artemis/thunderbolt) (CNG, EA 199, Nov. 2008, 18)		Bronze	288 BC JL
19689 - Agrigentum (AE Zeus/eagles) over Syracuse (Agathocles) (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Roma Numismatics, EA 99, July 2022, 38)		Bronze	288 BC JL
19686 - Agrigentum (AE Zeus/eagles) over Syracuse (Agathocles) (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Roma Numismatics, 70, May 2020, 360)		Bronze	288 BC JL
2184 - Agrigentum (AE Zeus/eagles) over Syracuse (Agathocles) (Artemis/thunderbolt) (Rusty Pennies, FPL, 44)		Bronze	288 BC JL
1593 - Agrigentum (AE Zeus/eagles) over Syracuse (Hicetas) (Persephone/biga) (Hirsch, 264, Nov. 2009, 58)		Bronze	288 BC JL
25916 - Agrigentum (Carthaginian empire) (AE male head/horse) over Rome (Jupiter/Victory)(Hersch 1987, pl.7, n°2)		Silver	215 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
1713 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Noe 1957, pl. VII, k)		Silver	540 BC JL
1959 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, MBS 82, Sept. 2009, 165)		Silver	540 BC JL
1745 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Berlin, MK)		Silver	540 BC JL
1804 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 101)		Silver	540 BC JL
1974 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle /crab) (Paris, BnF, de Luynes 455)		Silver	540 BC JL
2193 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Oxford, AM, Lockett coll.)		Silver	540 BC JL
1781 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (London, BM)		Silver	540 BC JL
1887 - Taras (nomos Taras/shell) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (NAC, P, May 2005, 1023)		Silver	490 BC JL
2555 - Taras (nomos Taras/hippocamp) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Cambridge, FM, SNG Lewis 122))		Silver	490 BC JL
17489 - Taras (nomos Taras/hippocamp) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Triton, V, Jan. 2002, 1025)		Silver	490 BC JL
23982 - Taras (nomos Taras/hippocamp) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Westermark 1979, pl. 36, d)		Silver	490 BC JL
2254 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, EA 116, June 2005, 45)		Silver	480 BC JL
2480 - Taras (nomos Taras/wheel FB 4) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Munich, MK)		Silver	480 BC JL
2123 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Leu - Westermark 1985, 3)		Silver	480 BC JL
1967 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, EA 153, Nov. 2006, 15)		Silver	480 BC JL
1968 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 148)		Silver	480 BC JL
1874 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Künker, EA 31, Oct. 2014, 21)		Silver	480 BC JL
2416 - Croton (nomos tripod/tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (New York, ANS, Newell coll.)		Silver	480 BC JL
2329 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (New York, ANS, E.T. Newell)		Silver	480 BC JL
1889 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 153)		Silver	480 BC JL
3379 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (New York, ANS, E.T. Newell)		Silver	480 BC JL
2026 - Croton (nomos tripod/incuse tripod) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, MBS 72, June 2006, 155)		Silver	480 BC JL
2493 - Taras (nomos Taras/wheel FB 4) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Syracuse, MA, coll. Gagliardino. 1028)		Silver	479 BC JL
3699 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Cambridge, FM, McClean coll. 1598)		Silver	475 BC JL
3068 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, 72, June 2006, 137)		Silver	475 BC JL
2037 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Robinson coll. - Noe 1957, pl. X, c)		Silver	475 BC JL
922 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Triton, XXV, Jan. 2022, 39)		Silver	475 BC JL
1858 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Savoca Numismatik, EA 21, March 2018, 15)		Silver	475 BC JL
1966 - Caulonia (nomos Apollo/stag) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, EA 67, Sept. 2004, 178)		Silver	475 BC JL
17166 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, 114, May 2020, 9)		Silver	470 BC JL
4331 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Classical Numismatic Group, 19 Oct. 2022, 43)		Silver	470 BC JL
21558 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, 114, May 2020, 8)		Silver	470 BC JL
21594 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Naville Numismatics, 54, Dec. 2019, 18)		Silver	470 BC JL
21551 - Metapontum (nomos ear of barley/ear of barley) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, 124, Sept. 2023, 29)		Silver	470 BC JL
2151 - Thurium (nomos Athena/bull) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (MacDonald coll., 20)		Silver	443 BC JL
1759 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (London, BM, 1946-1-1.754)		Silver	440 BC JL
1949 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Gotha, Regling collection - Noe 1957, pl. 12, r)		Silver	440 BC JL
2266 - Croton (nomos tripod/eagle) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (London, BM, 1918-2-4.31)		Silver	430 BC JL
1997 - Terina (nomos nymph/Nike) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (Numismatica Ars Classica, Q, Apr. 2006, 1150)		Silver	425 BC JL
2515 - Adranum (AE Apollo/lyre) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (M&M, 17, 4 Oct. 2005, 148)		Bronze	352 BC JL
23897 - Rhegium (AE Athena/Athena) over Agrigentum (eagle/crab) (CNG, EA 488, March 2021, 51)		Bronze	211 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	agrigentum
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Agrigentum in Sicily.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	462086
Ancient regionAncient region.	Sicily Nomisma: magna_graecia, Nomisma: sicily
Modern countryModern country	Italy
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	37.316667° N, 13.583333° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Agrigento https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462086 http://geonames.org/2525764 http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x46231 http://sws.geonames.org/2525764/

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Literature

• Arnold-Biucchi 1990
• Garraffo 1984
• Gorini 1987
• Villemur 2024
• Westermark 2018

Authors

• Salvatore Garraffo
• Patrick Villemur
• Ulla Westermark