2804 - Cyrene (Magas) (AE Apollo/lyra) over uncertain type (Münz Zentrum, 168, Dec. 2013, 257)
From SILVER
282 BCE - 261 BCE | KYPA
Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Künker, EA 19, 26 June 2013, 299 = Münz Zentrum, 168, 27 Jan. 2013, 257 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo-Karneios right, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KYPA (Greek) Lyra. In field, crab. |
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: | Magas (governor of Cyrene under Ptolemy I of Egypt) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 282 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 261 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: 4.384.38 g <br />4,380 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dichalkon
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 17.517.5 mm <br />1.75 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | BMC Cyrenaica1BMC Cyrenaica, n° 326-329 |
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: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "überprägt" | ||
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.
