3314 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Isis/eagle) over uncertain type (Ann Arbor, Kelsey Museum, 81333 - Visona 1981)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3314

145 BCE - 116 BCE | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛEMΑΙΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Ann Arbor, Kelsey Museum, n° 81333	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Joel L. Malter, 2, 23-24 Feb. 1978, 234

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Isis right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛEMΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings open.

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:

Ptolemy VIII Physcon (169-164, 144-132/1 and 126-116 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 145 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 116 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: 32.332.3 g <br />32,300 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3535 mm <br />3.5 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Visona 1981

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 1491, Visona 19812Visona 1981

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:	nb: uneasy to determine if the female head is overstruck over the head of Zeus-Ammon or the opposite

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.
^ Visona, Paolo (1981), "An unusual Ptolemaic overstrike in Ann Arbor", The Numismatic Circular 89 (6), p. 199.