24277 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IV or V) (AE 32mm Heracles/eagle) over uncertain type (CNG, Keystone 8, 23 Aug. 2022, 45)

Overstrike Database

SILVER ID ^ᵖ: 24277

220 BCE - 180 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, Keystone 8, 23 Aug. 2022, 45.

Overstriking coin

Description

Obverse:

Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse:

Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt

Mint and issuing power

Mint:

Alexandria

Ancient region

Egypt

Modern country: Egypt

Authority:

Ptolemy IV Philopator (Ptolemaic king, 221-205 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy V Epiphanes (Ptolemaic king, 204-181 BC)

Chronology

From 220 BCE to 180 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC period

Physical description

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 20.3420.34 g <br />20,340 mg <br />		Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />

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Coin series reference:

"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 1492 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII), "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Lorber - Faucher 2010, Series 6A

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Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidence:
Remarks:	"overstruck on a larger module coin"