Cyrene

Mints

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 273

The mint at the ancient site of Cyrene in Cyrenaica.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Cyrene (Ptolemy I), gold, staters (Ptolemy I/quadriga of elephants) (305-294 BCE)		Gold	5,921 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
2609 - Cyrene (AE Zeus/tomb of Battus) over uncertain type (ebay - Musa Numismatic Art)		Bronze	313 BC JL
2804 - Cyrene (Magas) (AE Apollo/lyra) over uncertain type (Münz Zentrum, 168, Dec. 2013, 257)		Bronze	282 BC JL
24342 - Cyrene (Magas) (AE Apollo/lyra) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 107, March 2023, 533)		Bronze	282 BC JL
24350 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (Naville Numismatics, 52, Sept. 2019, 129)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3827 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (Roma Numismatics, EA 1, July 2018, 238)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24353 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 543, Aug. 2023, 162)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2572 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 402, July 2017, 364)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24356 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 318, Jan. 2014, 349)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2605 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy/Lybia) (Ebay seller Mattagio, July 2017)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2860 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (MacDonald coll., 144)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2930 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (CNG, 87, May 2011, 714)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3700 - Cyrene (AE Ptolemy I/Lybia) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 281, Feb. 2008, 6)		Bronze	246 BC JL
24345 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Ptolemy/Lybia) over uncertain type (Roma Numismatics, EA 82, Apr. 2021, 710)		Bronze	246 BC JL
24332 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Ptolemy/Lybia) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 251, March 2011, 190)		Bronze	246 BC JL
24300 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 8, 29 June 2019, 585)		Bronze	145 BC JL
24339 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 5, Sept. 2018, 446)		Bronze	145 BC JL
24323 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over Cyprus (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy VIII) (Zeus-Ammon/eagle) (CNG, MBS 57, Apr. 2001, 649)		Bronze	145 BC JL
3309 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 4, June 2018, 438)		Bronze	145 BC JL
24325 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, EA 8, 29 June 2019, 585)		Bronze	145 BC JL
3518 - Cyrene (Ptolemy VIII) (AE Zeus-Ammon/double cornucopiae) over Cyprus (uncertain mint) (Ptolemy VIII) (Zeus-Ammon/eagle) (CNG, EA 176, Nov. 2007, 50)		Bronze	145 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
2180 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (VCoins, Peus, 24 March 2020)		Silver	331 BC JL
2111 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (LHS, 95, Oct. 2005, 632)		Silver	330 BC JL
2599 - Polyrhenium (drachma bull/spearhead) over Cyrene (Silphium/Zeus) (Künker, 94, Sept. 2004, 917)		Silver	330 BC JL
22061 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Künker, 136, March 2008, 70)		Silver	330 BC JL
22141 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (CNG, 114, May 2020, 179)		Silver	330 BC JL
2213 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Berk, BBS 192, Oct. 2014, 93)		Silver	330 BC JL
2027 - Gortyn (stater Europas/bull) over Cyrene (Künker, 136, March 2008, 70)		Silver	330 BC JL
2063 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Rauch & Aufhäuser, 18, Oct. 2004, 118)		Silver	330 BC JL
2160 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (London, BM, 1858-11-24.35)		Silver	330 BC JL
2725 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, R1249)		Silver	330 BC JL
2345 - Phalasarna (drachma Artemis/trident) over Cyrene (Zeus/silphium) (Künker, 136, March 2008, 309)		Silver	330 BC JL
22054 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (London, BM, 1858-11-24.35)		Silver	330 BC JL
22077 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, R 2370)		Silver	330 BC JL
22227 - Phalasarna (hemidrachm Artemis/trident) over Cyrene (Zeus/silphium) (Peus, 433, Nov. 2022, 1196)		Silver	330 BC JL
22058 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, Bnf, R 2514)		Silver	330 BC JL
2140 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, Y 23880)		Silver	329 BC JL
22048 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Paris, BnF, Z 2885)		Silver	329 BC JL
2035 - Gortyn (stater Europa/bull) over Cyrene (silphium/Ammon) (Elsen, 88, June 2006, 108)		Silver	329 BC JL
24431 - Gortyn (drachma Europa/bull) over Cyrene (Hermes/silphium) (Munich, MK, 21-4906)		Silver	300 BC JL
2930 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (CNG, 87, May 2011, 714)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2860 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (MacDonald coll., 144)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24350 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (PtolemyI/Lybia) (Naville Numismatics, 52, Sept. 2019, 129)		Bronze	250 BC JL
3827 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (Roma Numismatics, EA 1, July 2018, 238)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24353 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 543, Aug. 2023, 162)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2572 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 402, July 2017, 364)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24356 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy I/Lybia) (CNG, EA 318, Jan. 2014, 349)		Bronze	250 BC JL
2605 - Cyrene (AE Zeus-Ammon/silphium) over Cyrene (Ptolemy/Lybia) (Ebay seller Mattagio, July 2017)		Bronze	250 BC JL
24360 - Apulia (uncertain mint) (AE Hermes/prow) over Cyrene (Zeus-Ammon/Isis headdress) (Roma Numismatics, Anders Coll. Part II, June 2023, 30)		Bronze	120 BC JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	cyrene
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Cyrene in Cyrenaica.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	373778
Ancient regionAncient region.	Cyrenaica Nomisma: cyrenaica
Modern countryModern country	Libya
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	32.823041° N, 21.857270° E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Cyrene,_Libya https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373778 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q44112 https://www.freebase.com/m/0lrkg http://sws.geonames.org/8378640/

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Literature

• Asolati - Crisafulli 2018
• Asolati 2011
• Carbone 2018b
• Roche-Lévêque 2024
• Stannard - Ranucci 2016
• Tatman 2023

Authors

• Michele Asolati
• Cristina Crisafulli