2599 - Polyrhenium (drachma bull/spearhead) over Cyrene (Silphium/Zeus) (Künker, 94, Sept. 2004, 917)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2599

330 BCE - 270 BCEΠΟΛΥΡΗΝΙΟΝ | ΠΟΛΥΡΗΝI

Images

Overstriking coin

Polyrhenium_Künker, _94, _27_Sept._2004, _917.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Cyrene didrachm droite.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Künker, 94, 27 Sept. 2004, 917 = Numismatica Ars Classica, 33, 6 April 2006, 151

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ΠΟΛΥΡΗΝΙΟΝ (Greek) Head of bull facing, with taenia.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΟΛΥΡΗΝI (Greek) Spearhead

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Polyrhenium

Ancient regionAncient region.

Crete

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 330 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 270 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.545.54 g <br />5,540 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
		StandardStandard.: Aeginetic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Le Rider 1966, pl. XXVIII, n° 13	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, pl. XXVI, 1 (these dies), Le Rider 19662Le Rider 1966, pl. XXVIII, n° 13
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://www.greekcoinage.org/iris/id/polyrhenium stefanakis 2013 23-31

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus Ammon (visible on obverse: profile)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Silphium (visible on reverse)

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Cyrene

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Cyrenaica

Modern countryModern country: Libya

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. 308 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 277 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

drachma

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://www.greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cyrene.bmc.pl.xxiv.9-17

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"Traces of over-striking"

References

^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1890), Numismatique de Crète ancienne, accompagnée de l'histoire, la géographie et la mythologie de l'île. Première partie, description des monnaies, 2 vol., Macon, Impr. Protat frères.
^ Le Rider, Georges (1966), Monnaies crétoises du Ve au Ier siècle av. J.-C., Paris, Geuthner, 345 p. and 42 pl.