28450 - Ptolemais-Ake (Ptolemy XII) (tetradrachm Ptolemy I/eagle on thunderbolt) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 483, Jan. 2021, 650)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 28450

73 BCE - 72 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	CNG, E-Auction 483, 6 Jan 2021, lot 650

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, LΘ (date) to left, ΠA to right

Mint and issuing power

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

Ptolemais-Ake

Ancient regionAncient region.

Phoenicia

Modern countryModern country: Israel

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:

Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy XII Auletes

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 73 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 72 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: 13.9313.93 g <br />13,930 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 1856

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:	"overstruck on uncertain type (indications on obverse)"

References

^ 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.