2572 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 402, July 2017, 364)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 2572


250 BCE - 220 BCE | KOINON

Images
Overstriking coin
Cyrene_CNG, _E-Auction_402, _26_July_2017, _364.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Cyrene Ptolemy Lybia.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 402, 26 July 2017, 364

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: KOINON (Greek) Silphium plant.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Cyrene Ancient regionAncient region. Cyrenaica Modern countryModern country: Libya 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: Cyrenean league
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 220 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.177.17 g <br />7,170 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemiobol Nomisma.org 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).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: BMC Cyrenaica1BMC Cyrenaica, pl. XXVII, n° 16-25
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Ptolemy I right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Personification of Libya.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Cyrene Ancient regionAncient region.  Cyrenaica Modern countryModern country: Libya AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 246 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 221 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : hemiobol Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Svoronos 1904-19082Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 871, CPE I3CPE I, n° B487
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on an issue of Ptolemy II at Kyrene (Asolati 60)"

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.