26228 - Rome (AE Minerva/prow) over Cyrene (Ptolemy III) (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (Hersh 1953, 13)
From SILVER
246 BCE - 220 BCE | ROMA
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Kunsthistorisches Museum | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Minerva, right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ROMA (Latin) Prow, right. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Rome | Ancient regionAncient region. | Latium | Modern countryModern country: Italy | 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: | Roman Republic |
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.. 220 BCE | 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: 6.206.2 g <br />6,200 mg <br /> | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Hersh 1953, n° 13a | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Hersh 1953, n° 13a |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed Head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck, dotted border | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Lybia right, wearing taenia, dotted border. |
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: | Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 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.. 222 BCE | 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: | obol
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study 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.]]3BMC Cyrenaica, n°43f | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | " overstruck issue (Ptolemy I r./head of Libya r.)" | ||
References
- ^ Hersh, Charles A. (1953), "Overstrikes as evidence for the history of Roman Republican coinage", Numismatic Chronicle 6 (13), p. 33-68, pl. 4-5.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
