2724 - Euhesperides (tetradrachm silphium/Zeus-Ammon) over uncertain type (Gemini, 5, Jan. 2009, 760)
From SILVER
480 BCE - 435 BCE | EY
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Gemini, 5, Jan. 2009, 760 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Silphium plant flanked by two dolphins. Border of dots. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | EY (Greek) Head of Zeus Ammon right within prominent dotted border. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Euhesperides | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 480 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 435 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.2317.23 g <br />17,230 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm
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| StandardStandard.: Attic | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Cyrenaica1BMC Cyrenaica, n° 2-4 and pl. 38, 7-9 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Unique and unpublished. Overstruck on a tetradrachm of Acanthus, resulting in an extremely broad flan" (nb: the attribution to Acanthus is most unsecure) | ||
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.
