28454 - Alexandria (Ptolemy IV or V) (AE Heracles/eagle) over Alexandria (Ptolemaic type) (Zeus/eagle or double eagle) (CNG, Keystone 8, Aug. 2022, 45)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 28454

222 BCE - 180 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Ptolemy_IV_Classical_Numismatic_Group, _Keystone_8, _23_Aug._2022, _45.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Ptolemy_III_(under_Ptolemy_IV).jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, Keystone 8, 23 Aug. 2022, 45

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY (Greek) Eagle with closed wings, standing left on thunderbolt

Mint and issuing power

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

Alexandria

Ancient regionAncient region.

Egypt

Modern countryModern country: Egypt

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 V Epiphanes (Ptolemaic king, 204-181 BC), Ptolemy IV Philopator (Ptolemaic king, 221-205 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 222 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 180 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 20.3420.34 g <br />20,340 mg <br />		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).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 1492 (Joint reign of Ptolemy VI and VIII), Lorber - Faucher 20102Lorber - Faucher 2010, n° Series 6A

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Horned head of Zeus-Ammon right, wearing tainia with basileion

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY (Greek) Eagle or double eagle

Mint and issuing power

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

Alexandria

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Egypt

Modern countryModern country: Egypt

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. 262 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

CPE I3CPE I

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a larger module coin"

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.
^ Lorber, Catharine C - Faucher, Thomas (2010), "Bronze coinage of Ptolemaic Egypt in the second century BC", American Journal of Numismatics, 22, p. 35-80, pls. 18-22.
^ Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.