3700 - Cyrene (AE Ptolemy I/Lybia) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 281, Feb. 2008, 6)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3700


246 BCE - 222 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
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Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 281, 6 Feb. 2008, 6
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the J. S. Wagner Collection.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Ptolemy I right, aegis tied around neck, wearing diadem. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Head of Libya right, wearing taenia. Beneath chin, cornucopia. Border of dots.
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 III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC), 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. 246 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 222 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.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.177.17 g <br />7,170 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Ptolemaic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Svoronos 1904-19081Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 870, CPE I2CPE I, n° B490
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus Ammon right. 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: "interesting overstrike"

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.