24350 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (Naville Numismatics, 52, Sept. 2019, 129)

From SILVER


250 BCE - 220 BCE | KOINON

Images
Overstriking coin
Cyrene_Naville_Numismatics,_52,_22_Sept._2019,_129.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Cyrene Ptolemy Lybia.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Naville Numismatics, 52, 22 Sept. 2019, 129

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia. Reverse: KOINON (Greek) Silphium plant.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Cyrene Ancient region Cyrenaica Modern country: Libya Authority: Cyrenean league
Chronology
From 250 BCE to 220 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 6.296.29 g <br />6,290 mg <br /> Denomination: hemiobol Nomisma.org
Diameter: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> Standard: Ptolemaic
References
Coin reference: Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1BMC Cyrenaica, pl. XXVII, n° 16-25
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Head of Ptolemy I right. Reverse: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Personification of Libya.
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Cyrene Ancient region ᵖ Cyrenaica Modern country: Libya Authority ᵖ: Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC), Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC)
Chronology
From 246 BCE to 221 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Denomination ᵖ: hemiobol Nomisma.org
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 871, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3CPE I, n° B487
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidence: sure
Remarks: "for undertype: Svoronos 871. Rare and interesting, Very Fine. Overstruck on a Ptolemy III"

References

  1. ^  Robinson, E. S. G. (1927), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum, vol. XXIX : Cyrenaica, London, The Trustees, p. 154, pl. 47.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.