24277 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IV or V) (AE 32mm Heracles/eagle) over uncertain type (CNG, Keystone 8, 23 Aug. 2022, 45)
From SILVER
220 BCE - 180 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin

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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, Keystone 8, 23 Aug. 2022, 45. | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Alexandria | Ancient regionAncient region. | Egypt | Modern countryModern country: Egypt | 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: | Ptolemy IV Philopator (Ptolemaic king, 221-205 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy V Epiphanes (Ptolemaic king, 204-181 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 220 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 180 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 20.3420.34 g <br />20,340 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 1492 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII), Lorber - Faucher 20102Lorber - Faucher 2010, Series 6A |
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: | "overstruck on a larger module coin" |
References
- ^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
- ^ Lorber, Catharine C - Faucher, Thomas (2010), "Bronze coinage of Ptolemaic Egypt in the second century BC", American Journal of Numismatics, 22, p. 35-80, pls. 18-22.