29017 - Euhesperides (Ptolemy I) (stater Ptolemy I/quadriga of elephants) over uncertain type (Numismatica Ars Classica, 150, Dec. 2024, 703)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 29017


300 BCE - 298 BCE | ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Euesperides_Numismatica_Ars_Classica,_150,_2_Dec._2024,_703.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Numismatica Ars Classica, 150, 2 Dec. 2024, 703

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Diademed bust r., with aegis around neck. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ / BAΣIΛEΩΣ (Greek) Quadriga of elephants driven l. by figure of deified Alexander, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, in exergue, silphium
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: Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy I Soter (satrap and Ptolemaic king of Egypt, 323-305 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 298 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Gold Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.047.04 g <br />7,040 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: stater Nomisma.org
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 18901Svoronos 1890, n° 101, CPE I2CPE I, n° 271, Roche-Lévêque 20243Roche-Lévêque 2024, p. 154,
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "Minor traces of overstriking on reverse and edge marks" (nb: most of the traces on the cheek, if not all, are not the result of an overstike)

References

  1. ^  Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1890), Numismatique de Crète ancienne, accompagnée de l'histoire, la géographie et la mythologie de l'île. Première partie, description des monnaies, 2 vol., Macon, Impr. Protat frères.
  2. ^  Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.
  3. ^  Roche-Lévêque, Augustin (2024), "L'or lagide en transition : les statères au quadrige de Ptolémée Ier Sôter," Bulletin de la Société française de Numismatique, 79 (4), p. 147-155.