250 BCE - 220 BCE | KOINON
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Ebay seller Mattagio, 21 July 2017. Purchased from Aegean Numis. on vcoins.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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KOINON (Greek) Silphium plant.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Cyrene
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Cyrenaica
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Modern countryModern country: Libya
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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:
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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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.87.8 g <br />7,800 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: hemiobol
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StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Ptolemy I right, wearing diadem (visible: face of Ptelemy I).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Libya right.
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Mint and issuing power
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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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hemiobol
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and concentrated
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Neat bronze that was overstruck on a coin of Ptolemaic Egypt, but with traces of the underlying type still visible. On the obverse, the head of Zeus is plainly visible, but turn the coin 180 degrees, and you can see the face of one of the Ptolemies as well"
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.
